Herbert+Hoover

=Herbert Hoover=

toc Herbert Hoover was the 31st president of the United States. He was born in an Iowa village in 1874. Herbert graduated Stanford as a mining engineer. President Wilson appointed Hoover head of Food administration. Herbert Hoover became the Republican candidate in 1928. He won easily, but was proclaimed incapable after the stock market crash and how he handled the great depression. He died in 1964 in NYC. =Early Life=

=  = Herbert Clark Hoover was born in an Iowa village on August 10th, 1874. He grew up as a quaker. His father a blacksmith died when he was 6 years old. His mom also died when he was just a little older. He went to live with his uncle John. Herbert had an older brother named Theodore and a little sister named Mary. He was not a very bright student except in math. Hoover really wanted to go to Stanford so he worked hard and barely got in, while he was there he became class treasurer. He started a student laundry service which became very popular.

Mining Career
After college he mined in California and Colorado. In 1897 he was recommended to a mining company in London. Later when he moved to Australia he showed west coast mining methods to them and told the company to buy a new gold mine. The mine was very prosperous and he got a big pay raise. Soon after he was offered chief engineer at Chinese Engineering and Mining company. After he returned back to London he got 1/5 of the interest in Moreing and Company. By the time he was 34 he was head of many mining companies and most people knew his name. He made a group of engineers and published books on his career. He was a very good business man.

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Herbert Hoover became president in 1929. Soon he helped make Native Americans nicer reservations and authorized building of a huge dam. He created the Federal Farm Board which helped market crops better. In 1931 he officially made " The Star Spangled Banner" the national anthem. He prosecuted Al Capone the famous gangster for tax evasion. Herbert also gave 3 million acres to National Park. He wrote a Children Charter to protect every child no matter race or gender.

Depression
When he entered office he said that America was the closet they have ever been to defeating poverty. Unfortunatly soon after the stock market crashed and the Great Depression started. To help the depression he cut taxes and increased public works. His plan wasn't working very well and many people lost their homes. Large shanty towns were made and were named Hoovervilles. People didn't like him and proclaimed him incapable of serving in job. =Death =

President Hoover died at age 90 in NYC. It was October 20th, 1964. He was buried at Hoover Presidential Library in Iowa. He was a very good man who unfortunatly couldn't deal with one of the largest problems in America's history. Hoover lived a very nice life and is a very nice man. =References =

Hamilton, David, "Herbert Clark Hoover", Miller Center, 1991, 1/4/09 http://millercenter.org/academic/americanpresident/hoover "Herbert Hoover", 2000, Evisum Inc. 1/4/0 9 http://herberthoover.org/  "Herbert Hoover", White House, 1/4/09 __http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/herberthoover/__

Garraty, John, The story of America, Austin,TX: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1994