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Herbert
Hoover - 31st President
Party: Republican
Term: March 4, 1929 - March 3, 1933
Age at Inauguration: 54
Life Span: August 10, 1874 - October 20, 1964 [90]
Spouse: Lou Henry - Age at Marriage:
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Vice President: Charles Curtis |
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- Herbert Hoover was the first president
born west of the Mississippi River
- An asteroid discovered in 1920 by
Professor Johann Palisma of the University of Vienna Austria,
was named Hooveria in honor of the president
- President Hoover thought Prohibition
was a brave and noble undertaking and never used alcohol during
his term; in the United States that is
- Mr. Hoover would regularly stop at
the Belgian Embassy for a quick martini
- The practice was legal since the embassy
was considered foreign territory and not within the jurisdiction
of the American government.
- Herbert Hoover was a graduate of Stanford
University with an engineering degree, and made numerous investments
in
gold mines
- He was the first millionaire to be
President, but never accepted a salary; he returned his pay to
the government
- Hoover received over fifteen honorary
degrees from American Universities, and over twenty-five from
foreign universities
- A survey conducted in 1964 named Hoover
and Thomas Edison as the two greatest engineers in the history
of the
United States
- His inability to pull the United States
out of the depression after the stock market crash of 1929 cost
him re-election to Franklin Roosevelt in 1932
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