 1874 - 1964 (90 years) Has more than 100 ancestors and 5 descendants in this family tree.
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| Name |
Herbert Clark Hoover |
| Prefix |
President |
| Nickname |
Berte |
| Birth |
10 Aug 1874 |
West Branch, Cedar, Iowa, United States  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
20 Oct 1964 |
New York City, New York, New York, United States |
| Initiatory (LDS) |
7 Jun 1997 |
CHICA |
| FamilySearch ID |
LHTD-CQW |
| Burial |
Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum, West Branch, Cedar, Iowa, United States |
| Headstones |
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| Headstones |
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| Person ID |
I91153 |
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| Last Modified |
25 Feb 2024 |
| Father |
Jesse Clark Hoover, b. 2 Sep 1846, West Milton, Miami, Ohio, United States d. 13 Dec 1880, West Branch, Cedar, Iowa, United States (Age 34 years) |
| Mother |
Hulda Randal Minthorn, b. 4 May 1848, Norwich, Oxford, Ontario, Canada d. 22 Feb 1884, West Branch, Cedar, Iowa, United States (Age 35 years) |
| Marriage |
12 Mar 1870 |
West Branch, Cedar, Iowa, United States |
| Family ID |
F30112 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Louise Henry, b. 29 Mar 1874, Waterloo, Black Hawk, Iowa, United States d. 7 Jan 1944, New York City, New York, New York, United States (Age 69 years) |
| Marriage |
10 Feb 1899 |
Monterey, Monterey, California, United States |
| Children |
| + | 1. Herbert Clark Hoover, Jr, b. 4 Aug 1903, London, Middlesex, England d. 9 Jul 1969, Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, United States (Age 65 years) |
| > | 2. Allan Henry Hoover, b. 17 Jul 1907, London, Middlesex, England d. 4 Nov 1993, Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States (Age 86 years) |
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| Family ID |
F30114 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
6 Mar 2025 |
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| Event Map |
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 | Birth - 10 Aug 1874 - West Branch, Cedar, Iowa, United States |
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 | Marriage - 10 Feb 1899 - Monterey, Monterey, California, United States |
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 | Death - 20 Oct 1964 - New York City, New York, New York, United States |
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 | Initiatory (LDS) - 7 Jun 1997 - CHICA |
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 | Burial - - Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum, West Branch, Cedar, Iowa, United States |
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| Notes |
- 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.
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