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When Herbert Hoover became President in 1929, the stock market was climbing to unprecedented levels, and some investors were taking advantage of low interest rates to buy stocks on credit, pushing prices even higher. In October, 1929, the bubble burst, and in less than a week, the market dropped by almost half of its recent record highs.
Herbert Clark Hoover was born in 1874 in Iowa, and was the first US president to have been born west of the Mississippi River. He worked as a mining engineer and an independent mining consultant, traveling the world and building a sizable personal fortune. 1 When World War I broke out, Hoover became active in humanitarian work, and chaired the Commission for Relief in Belgium, which ...
v. t. e. Herbert Hoover 's tenure as the 31st president of the United States began on his inauguration on March 4, 1929, and ended on March 4, 1933. Hoover, a Republican, took office after a landslide victory in the 1928 presidential election over Democrat Al Smith of New York. His presidency ended following his defeat in the 1932 presidential ...
Overview. Upon accepting the Republican nomination for President in 1928, Herbert Hoover predicted that "We in America today are nearer to the final triumph over poverty than ever before in the history of any land. The poorhouse is vanishing from among us." Hoover won the presidency that year, but his time in office belied his optimistic assertion.
Personal EnlargeDownload Link Portrait of Herbert Hoover, 1928. 31-1928-e86 DownloadPrint Portrait of Herbert Hoover, 1928. 31-1928-e86 Herbert Clark Hoover (August 10, 1874–October 20, 1964), mining engineer, humanitarian, U.S. Secretary of Commerce, and 31st President of the United States, was the son of Jesse Hoover, a blacksmith, and Hulda Minthorn Hoover, a seamstress and
Hoover was correct when he predicted that the role of American government would fundamentally change because of the New Deal. A full transcript is available for Hoover’s letter to Louis Emmerson. TRANSCRIPT Herbert Hoover to Louis L. Emmerson, July 10, 1931 July 10, 1931 Confidential Hon. Louis L. Emmerson Governor of Illinois Springfield ...
Herbert Hoover (1928) Unterschrift von Herbert Hoover Als Bergbauingenieur und Unternehmer wohlhabend geworden, gründete er zu Beginn des Ersten Weltkriegs die Kommission für das Belgische Hilfswerk und wurde bald darauf von Woodrow Wilson zum Leiter der United States Food Administration berufen, womit erhebliche exekutive Vollmachten verbunden waren.
