herbert hoover

     

20th century president whose birthplace is depicted here

Trivia about herbert hoover

  • When this president & his wife didn't want to be understood by others, they spoke to each other in Chinese
  • Edith & Archie "could use a man like" this president "again"
  • After Coolidge chose not to run again for president, this man did & carried 40 out of 48 states
  • At his death on October 20, 1964, he had survived his presidency longer than any other president: 31 years, 231 days
  • Having Charles Curtis as his running mate in 1932 didn't help; he was not reelected
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  • Lincoln has a monument in Council Bluffs; this other president has a grave in West Branch
  • 7 months into his term in 1929, the stock market crashed
  • "My Boyhood in Iowa"
  • West Branch, Iowa
  • "The Great Engineer"
  • March 4, 1929 - March 4, 1933
  • Galleries at his Iowa Pres. Library & Museum include "The Humanitarian Years" & "From Hero to Scapegoat"
  • Only U.S. President whose first & last names fit this category
  • Although he "crashed" in the election of 1932, he later led 2 commissions to reorganize the executive branch
  • At Stanford University, he majored in mining engineering
  • August 10, 1874 - October 20, 1964
  • He was born to a blacksmith's wife August 10, 1874 in West Branch, Iowa
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  • This Iowan was the first President born west of the Mississippi
  • President Wilson put this future president in charge of the Food Administration
  • You elect him, I say in 7 months, the economy'll be in shambles. I'm Al Smith & I approved this message
  • "Principles of Mining"
  • October 1964:His death at age 90 leaves Eisenhower & Truman as the only living ex-presidents
  • He was Secretary of Commerce for most of the 1920s, before he became president
  • The "Hermit Author Of Palo Alto"
  • This president once served as a mining engineer in Coolgardie, Australia
  • This president's national historic site in West Branch, Iowa has a Quaker meetinghouse on the grounds
  • "Mister, we could use a man like" this one, seen here, "again":
  • Many Americans blamed the Great Depression on this man who was president when it began in 1929
  • Things named for him during the Depression include a big dam & a type of miserable shantytown
  • 210 Parkside Drive, West Branch, Iowa
  • In 1897 he was hired as a mining engineer at Coolgardie, Australia
  • This U.S. president was called Bert for short
  • "The Great Engineer"
  • (Kelly of the Clue Crew stands in front of a smithy.) Born in 1874, this U.S. president and famed humanitarian was the son of an Iowa blacksmith, whose shop is replicated here
  • 1928:Al Smith
  • The only Secretary of Commerce to become president
  • A stock-market crash during his presidency vacuumed up $40 billion in losses & 40% of the value of NYSE stocks
  • Both of his sons graduated from Stanford University during the 1920s & both became engineers
  • This future Republican president managed flood relief on the Mississippi in 1927