Margaret Ann Hoover

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• FamilySearch ID: LJP2-MKW

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• Initiatory (LDS): 7 Jun 1997, CHICA

Herbert married Margaret Eva Watson on 25 Jun 1925 in Stanford, Santa Clara, California, United States. Margaret was born on 28 Mar 1904 in San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States; died on 26 Jun 1982 in Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, United States; was buried in Mountain View Cemetery and Mausoleum, Altadena, Los Angeles, California, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: L7JZ-NZT
• Initiatory (LDS): 28 Aug 2007, SGEOR

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• FamilySearch ID: LHTD-CQW
• Initiatory (LDS): 7 Jun 1997, CHICA

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31st President of the United States.

He was an American politician and engineer who served as the 31st presid e nt of the United States from 1929 to 1933 and a member of the Republic a n Party, holding office during the onset of the Great Depression. Befo r e serving as president, Hoover led the Commission for Relief in Belgiu m , served as the director of the U.S. Food Administration, and served a s t he third U.S. secretary of commerce.

Hoover was born to a Quaker family in West Branch, Iowa, but he grew u p i n Oregon. He took a position with a London-based mining company afte r gra duating from Stanford University in 1895. After the outbreak of Wor ld Wa r I, he became the head of the Commission for Relief in Belgium, a n inter national relief organization that provided food to occupied Belgi um. Whe n the U.S. entered the war, President Woodrow Wilson appointed Ho over t o lead the Food Administration, and Hoover became known as the cou ntry' s "food czar". After the war, Hoover led the American Relief Admini strati on, which provided food to the inhabitants of Central and Easter n Europe . Hoover's wartime service made him a favorite of many progressi ves, an d he unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination in the 192 0 presiden tial election.

President Warren G. Harding appointed Hoover as Secretary of Commerc e i n 1920, and he continued to serve under President Calvin Coolidge aft er H arding died in 1923. Hoover was an unusually active and visible Cabi net m ember, becoming known as "Secretary of Commerce and Under-Secretar y of al l other departments". He was influential in the development of ai r trave l and radio. He led the federal response to the Great Mississipp i Flood o f 1927. Hoover won the Republican nomination in the 1928 presid ential ele ction, and defeated Democratic candidate Al Smith in a landsli de. In 192 9 Hoover assumed the presidency during a period of widesprea d economic st ability. However the economy would take a drastic turn whe n the stock mar ket crashed. The Wall Street Crash of 1929 marked the beg inning of the Gr eat Depression. The Great Depression dominated Hoover' s presidency and h e pursued a variety of policies in an attempt to lif t the economy. Hoove r strongly opposed directly involving the federal go vernment in relief ef forts.

In the midst of the economic crisis, Hoover was decisively defeated by D e mocratic nominee Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1932 presidential electio n . Hoover's retirement was over 31 years long, one of the longest presid en tial retirements. He authored numerous works and became increasingly c ons ervative in retirement. He strongly criticized Roosevelt's foreign po lic y and New Deal domestic agenda. In the 1940s and 1950s, public opinio n o f Hoover improved largely due to his service in various assignments f or p residents Harry S. Truman and Dwight D. Eisenhower, including chairi ng th e influential Hoover Commission. Nevertheless, Herbert Hoover is of ten re garded as a below-average U.S. president, and most polls of histor ians an d political scientists rank him as one of the worst presidents i n US hist ory.

Herbert married Louise "Lou" Henry on 10 Feb 1899 in Monterey, Monterey, California, United States. Louise (daughter of Charles Delano Henry and Florence Ida Weed) was born on 29 Mar 1874 in Waterloo, Black Hawk, Iowa, United States; died on 7 Jan 1944 in New York City, New York, New York, United States; was buried in Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum, West Branch, Cedar, Iowa, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Initiatory (LDS): 16 Jul 2014, NAUV2

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• Initiatory (LDS): 23 Apr 1931, ARIZO

Jesse married Hulda Randal Minthorn on 12 Mar 1870 in West Branch, Cedar, Iowa, United States. Hulda (daughter of Theodore Minthorn and Mary Wesley) was born on 4 May 1848 in Norwich, Oxford, Ontario, Canada; died on 22 Feb 1884 in West Branch, Cedar, Iowa, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Initiatory (LDS): 6 Nov 1930, ARIZO

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• Initiatory (LDS): 26 Jul 2000, MTIMP

Charles married Florence Ida Weed on 17 Jun 1873 in Black Hawk, Iowa, United States. Florence was born in 1847 in Allamakee, Iowa, United States; died in 1921. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Initiatory (LDS): 19 Sep 2001, JRIVE