HERBERT HOOVER

BASIC INFO

• Full name was Herbert Clark Hoover
• Born west of the Mississippi River
• Born in West Branch, Iowa
• Died on October 20th, 1964

ELECTION

• Was republican
• Won by electoral and popular votes
• Went against Alfred E. Smith
• In office from 1928-1932

PERSONAL INFO

• Had a brother named Theodore
• Had one sister named Mary
• Was an orphan when he was 9
• First president born west of Mississippi

MAJOR EVENTS

• 1929 Stock Market Crash
• Start of the Great Depression

HONORS AND AWARDS

• 87 honorary degrees
• Nominated 5 times for Nobel Peace Prize
• Poland school named for Herbert Hoover
• Two asteroids named for Herbert Hoover

PRE-PRESIDENCY



One of the very first students at Leland Stanford, Jr. University.

PRESIDENCY



First President to have a telephone in the Oval Office

POST-PRESIDENCY



Former-President Hoover served as chairman of the Boys' Clubs of America