61. Herbert Clark Hoover History and Government—us Presidents—Biographies of the Presidents herbert hoover Presidential Library and Museum (The Hutchinson Encyclopedia) http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0760615.html

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62. Herbert Hoover: Iowa Farm Boy And Humanitarian Classroomready lesson plan follows the president from his boyhood days to his role as administrator of Belgian Relief Commission during World War I. http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/34hoover/34hoover.htm

Herbert Hoover: Iowa Farm Boy and World Humanitarian (Herbert Hoover National Historic Site) A lthough some people remember Herbert Hoover as the man who was President during the early years of the Great Depression, others may know him as a complex public servant, the "Great Humanitarian" whose career spanned a remarkable seven decades. A graduate of Stanford University, Hoover became a successful mining engineer before organizing relief programs for the starving victims of World War I. As Secretary of Commerce under Presidents Harding and Coolidge, he helped to create safer highways and aircraft, better health care for children, and the standardization of commercial products. And, in 1927, he mustered a fleet of 600 boats and 60 airplanes to rescue 325,000 Americans who were left homeless during the catastrophic Mississippi River flood. Following World War II, President Truman chose him to help the hungry people of Europe once again, and he spent his "retirement" years as an amazingly prolific author, speaker, and government adviser. Continuing his life-long desire to help needy children, he also served as chairman of the Boys' Clubs of America, helping to open 500 new chapters throuhgout the United States. TABLE OF CONTENTS About This Lesson Getting Started: Inquiry Question Setting the Stage: Historical Context Locating the Site: Maps 1. Iowa and surrounding states

63. USA-Presidents.Info - Herbert Hoover Provides a biography of American president herbert hoover. Includes his picture and a list of his Supreme Court appointments. http://www.usa-presidents.info/hoover.htm

Site Links Home Search this site Privacy Policy Resources ... State of the Union Addresses Herbert Hoover Herbert Clark Hoover (August 10 , 1874 - October 20 , 1964) was the 31st ( 1929 - 1933 ) President of the United States. Order: 31st President Term of Office: March 4 , 1929 - March 4 , 1933 Followed: Calvin Coolidge Succeeded by: Franklin Delano Roosevelt Date of Birth Monday , August 10, 1874 Place of Birth: West Branch, Iowa Date of Death: Tuesday , October 20, 1964 Place of Death: New York City . New York First Lady : Lou Henry Profession: engineer Political Party : Republican Vice President : Charles Curtis Family background Hoover was born into a Quaker family in West Branch , Iowa , but after his parents' deaths lived in Newberg, Oregon . In the summer of 1885 eleven-year-old Bert Hoover boarded a Union Pacific train headed west to Oregon. Sewn into his clothes were two dimes; he also carried a hamper of his Aunt Hannah's homemade delicacies. Waiting for him on the other end of the continent was his Uncle John Minthorn, a doctor and school superintendent whom Hoover recalled as "a severe man on the surface, but like all Quakers kindly at the bottom." Hoover's six years in Oregon taught him self-reliance. "My boyhood ambition was to be able to earn my own living, without the help of anybody, anywhere." As an office boy in his uncle's Oregon Land Company he mastered bookkeeping and typing, while attending business school in the evening. Thanks to a local schoolteacher, Miss Jane Gray, the boy's eyes were opened to the novels of Charles Dickens and Sir Walter Scott. "David Copperfield," the story of another orphan cast into the world to live by his wits, would remain a lifelong favorite.

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65. Herbert Hoover - 30th President Of The United States This page contains links to a number of herbert hoover Presidential resources on the web. http://www.presidentsusa.net/hoover.html

PRESIDENTS HOME PAGE Herbert Hoover 30th President Birth: August 10, 1874 at West Branch, Iowa as Herbert Clark Hoover Birthplace information from American Presidents.org West Branch, Iowa website Death: October 20, 1964 at New York, New York Gravesite information from American Presidents.org Picture of Grave Biographies Grolier online biography White House biography Biography from infoplease.com The Life of Herbert Hoover by William Cooke Books Herbert Hoover : Forgotten Progressive Charting Twentieth-Century Monetary Policy The Life of Herbert Hoover : Masters of Emergencies, 1917-1918 The Presidency of Herbert C. Hoover ... Search for books about Herbert Hoover Cabinet/Staff List by infoplease.com Frank B. Kellogg - Secretary of State Andrew Mellon - Secretary of the Treasury Election Results/Presidential Campaign Opponents: Al Smith (D) Election Opponent: Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) Election 1928 Campaign Memorabilia Events during Hoover’s administration and lifetime Outline of events during Hoover’s administration Stock Market Crash Smoot-Hawley Tariff Great Depression ... Hoover Dam First lady and family Lou Hoover biography from Grolier online Lou Hoover biography from the White House Pictures of Lou Hoover from the Library of Congress Genealogy Brian Tompsett’s US President genealogy page Miscellaneous Herbert Hoover page from C-SPAN Herbert Hoover Presidential Library Association Hoover Institution Herbert Hoover on the World Wide Web from John F. Kennedy Library

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67. Internet Public Library: POTUS herbert Clark hoover. 31st president of the United States (March 4, 1929 to March 3, 1933). Nickname None. Born August 10, 1874, in West Branch, Iowa http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/hchoover.html

dqmcodebase = "/javascript/" Subject Collections Business Computers Education ... POTUS This collection All of the IPL Advanced Links immediately following the image of the American Flag ( ) are links to other POTUS sites. All other links lead to sites elsewhere on the Web. Jump to: Presidential Election Results Cabinet Members Notable Events Internet Biographies ... Points of Interest Herbert Clark Hoover 31st President of the United States (March 4, 1929 to March 3, 1933) Nickname: None Born: August 10, 1874, in West Branch, Iowa Died: October 20, 1964, in New York, New York Father: Jesse Clark Hoover Mother: Hulda Randall Minthorn Hoover Married: Lou Henry (1875-1944) , on February 10, 1899 Children: Herbert Clark Hoover (1903-69); Allan Henry Hoover (1907-93) Religion: Society of Friends (Quaker) Education: Graduated from Stanford University (1895). Occupation: Engineer Political Party: Republican Other Government Positions: Secretary of Commerce, 1921-23 (under Harding Secretary of Commerce, 1923-28 (under Coolidge Presidential Salary: $75,000/year

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69. Reader's Companion To American History - -HOOVER, HERBERT hoover is still remembered primarily as a heartless depression president (1983, 1988); Joan Hoff Wilson, herbert hoover Forgotten Progressive (1974). http://college.hmco.com/history/readerscomp/rcah/html/ah_042700_hooverherber.htm

Entries Publication Data Advisory Board Contributors ... World Civilizations The Reader's Companion to American History HOOVER, HERBERT , engineer, philanthropist, and thirty-first president of the United States. Born in West Branch, Iowa, into a Quaker family, Hoover was orphaned at the age of nine and was reared by relatives in Iowa and Oregon. Although Hoover's religious training was quite rigorous, he retained few outward signs of his Quaker upbringing, aside from his style of dress. His personal and professional aggressiveness (which made him a millionaire by the age of forty) was inconsistent with Quaker ideas of moderation, and he could swear with the roughest of the miners he directed as an engineer. Moreover, he was a habitual smoker, enjoyed a drink, and often fished on Sundays, albeit in a high collar and necktie. But he exhibited his early Quaker training as president by relying more on the power of negotiation than on force (especially in Central America and the Caribbean) and by supporting arms limitation, international arbitration, and moral suasion in foreign relations. Hoover is still remembered primarily as a heartless depression president despite his philanthropic and government work during the First World War as head of the Commission for the Relief of Belgium, then as director general of the postwar American Relief Administration, and finally as President Woodrow Wilson's U.S. food administrator and director general of relief for Europe. These activities had made him such a popular figure by 1920 that both parties courted him as a presidential nominee. He refused to run but did serve as secretary of commerce in the administrations of Presidents Warren G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge, transforming his department into one of the most important and well-publicized agencies of the federal government. As commerce secretary Hoover helped develop some advanced economic theories on business cycles and industrial standardization, and he supervised regulation of the nascent radio and aviation industries.

70. Herbert Hoover - Thirty-First President Of The United States Learn all about herbert hoover, the ThirtyFirst president of the United States. http://americanhistory.about.com/od/herberthoover/

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72. President Herbert Hoover Baseball Related Quotations By Baseball Almanac Ceremonial first pitches thrown by president herbert hoover were often publicized president herbert hoover actually spoke to sportswriters about giving http://www.baseball-almanac.com/prz_qhh.shtml

Baseball Almanac: Where What Happened Yesterday is Being Preserved Today Advertising Downloads Feedback Newsletter ... Year In Review Google Baseball Almanac "Next to religion, baseball has furnished a greater impact on American life than any other institution." - Herbert Hoover H erbert Hoover played shortstop as a child and truly loved the game of baseball. He attended quite a few games as President but he was often booed because of the great depression occurring in the country. President Herbert Hoover Quotations From Herbert Hoover "Baseball is the greatest of all team sports." "I pride myself on being one of the oldest fans. I can certainly count up about seventy years of devotion." "I protest that we fans are being emotionally starved and frustrated by long periods of perfect performance of these batteries. More over, when there are nothing but strikes and balls going on, you relapse into your worries over the Bank of England, or something else." "I returned to the white House after midnight more depressed than ever before. I had long since arranged to attend the World Series in Philadelphia the next day. Although I like baseball, I kept this engagement only because I felt that my presence at a sporting event might be a gesture of reassurance to a country suffering from a severe attack of 'jitters.'" "I SEND YOU MY HEARTY CONGRATULATIONS UPON BEGINNING THE THIRTIETH YEAR OF YOUR GREAT CAREER AS MANAGER OF THE NEW YORK GIANTS, IN WHICH YOU HAVE DONE SO MUCH TO UPHOLD THE TRADITIONS OF CLEAN SPORTSMANSHIP IN THE MOST BELOVED NATIONAL GAME." - Telegram to John McGraw in 1932

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74. Welcome To The American Presidency herbert Clark hoover was the 31st president of the United States. During his first year in office the Wall Street crash of 1929 occurred. http://ap.grolier.com/article?assetid=0141120-0&templatename=/article/article.ht

75. Hoover, Herbert Clark. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 Under president Eisenhower he headed the second hoover Commission (1953–55), The herbert hoover Library was dedicated at West Branch, Iowa, in 1962. http://www.bartleby.com/65/ho/Hoover-H.html

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76. Herbert Hoover: Inaugural Address. U.S. Inaugural Addresses. 1989 Inaugural Addresses of the Presidents of the United States. 1989. herbert hoover. Inaugural Address. Monday, March 4, 1929 http://www.bartleby.com/124/pres48.html

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77. Herbert Hoover National Historic Site Also located on the grounds are the herbert hoover presidential LibraryMuseum, the gravesites of president and Mrs. hoover, and an 81-acre tallgrass http://www.nps.gov/heho/home.htm

National Park Service Herbert Hoover National Historic Site Home Main Page Virtual Tour Accessibility ... Links Herbert Hoover National Historic Site Herbert Hoover National Historic Site was established August 12, 1965. The historic buildings and grounds of this 186-acre site are preserved by the National Park Service to commemorate the life of the 31st President of the United States. Visit the small cottage where Hoover was born in 1874, a blacksmith shop similar to the one owned by his father, the first West Branch schoolhouse, and the Friends Meetinghouse where the Hoover family worshipped. Also located on the grounds are the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library-Museum, the gravesites of President and Mrs. Hoover, and an 81-acre tallgrass prairie. Visitation Each year over 225,000 people visit Herbert Hoover National Historic Site to learn more about Herbert Hoover, 31 st President of the United States. Visitation is highest during spring, summer and fall, lowest in January. Location West Branch, Iowa, 10 miles east of Iowa City. One-half mile north of I-80 Exit 254

78. Herbert Hoover Born August 10, 1874 in West Branch, Iowa, herbert Bert hoover was the middle During his first few months as president, hoover pushed Congress to set http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1580.html

Search ( Enter the name of an historical figure, event or issue) Herbert Hoover Born August 10, 1874 in West Branch, Iowa, Herbert "Bert" Hoover was the middle of three children whose parents were Quakers. His father, Jesse, was a blacksmith. After both parents died in the early 1880s, the children were separated and sent to live with different relatives. Herbert was sent to live with his uncle, Dr. Henry Minthorn, in Oregon. After quitting high school in order to work in his uncle's real estate office, Hoover began to think about a career in engineering. He began with the study of geology at Stanford University, with the idea of becoming a mining engineer. There he met Lou Henry, and they were married in 1899. The great engineer After graduation, Hoover worked for a San Francisco engineering firm, and later took a job with an English mining company to run their gold mines in Australia and China. At age 27, Hoover was made a partner in the company, and began to travel the world, visiting the company's mines and searching for new ones. Hoover traveled around the world five times in five years. The Hoovers had two sons during that time, Herbert Jr. and Allan. In 1908, Hoover started his own engineering business. His company specialized in reorganizing failing companies, hunting for new mining prospects, and finding investors to pay for developing the best mines. Hoover's consulting firm employed 175,000 workers all over the world, with offices in England, France, Russia, San Francisco and New York City. He soon became known as the "Great Engineer."

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80. United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches - Herbert Hoover MONDAY, MARCH 4, 1929 Popular opinion for the engineer, humanitarian, and Secretary of Commerce brought the presidentelect to office with expectations of http://www.worldwideschool.org/library/books/hst/northamerican/UnitedStatesPresi

United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches by United States Presidents Terms Contents George Washington George Washington II ... Oath Herbert Hoover Inaugural Address ONDAY, MARCH 4, 1929 Popular opinion for the engineer, humanitarian, and Secretary of Commerce brought the President-elect to office with expectations of continued national growth and prosperity. Chief Justice William Howard Taft administered the oath of office on the East Portico of the Capitol. On taking his first elective office, the new President addressed a large crowd in the drizzling rain. Dirigibles and aircraft flew over the Capitol to mark the occasion. My Countrymen: This occasion is not alone the administration of the most sacred oath which can be assumed by an American citizen. It is a dedication and consecration under God to the highest office in service of our people. I assume this trust in the humility of knowledge that only through the guidance of Almighty Providence can I hope to discharge its ever-increasing burdens. It is in keeping with tradition throughout our history that I should express simply and directly the opinions which I hold concerning some of the matters of present importance.

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