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Herbert Hoover

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in West Branch, Iowa, The United States

August 10, 1874

died

October 20, 1964

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male

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Herbert Clark Hoover, the 31st President of the United States (1929–1933), was a mining engineer and author. As the United States Secretary of Commerce in the 1920s under Presidents Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge, he promoted government intervention under the rubric "economic modernization". In the presidential election of 1928 Hoover easily won the Republican nomination. The nation was prosperous and optimistic, leading to a landslide for Hoover over the Democrat Al Smith, whom many voters distrusted on account of his Roman Catholicism. Hoover deeply believed in the Efficiency Movement (a major component of the Progressive Era), arguing that a technical solution existed for every social and economic problem. That position was challenge...more

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Average rating: 3.64 · 44 ratings · 11 reviews · 28 distinct works · Similar authors

	The Memoirs of Herbert Hoover: Years of Adventure, 1874-1920 3.83 of 5 stars 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1951 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Memoirs of Herbert Hoover : the Cabinet and the Presidency 1920-1933 3.4 of 5 stars 3.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1952	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	American Individualism 3.57 of 5 stars 3.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1922 — 18 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ordeal of Woodrow Wilson by Herbert Hoover, Mark Hatfield (Introduction) 2.5 of 5 stars 2.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1992	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Challenge to Liberty 4.5 of 5 stars 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1973	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Freedom Betrayed: Herbert Hoover's Secret History of the Second World War and Its Aftermath 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Problems of Lasting Peace by Herbert Hoover, Hugh Gibson 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1942	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fishing for Fun - and to Wash You Soul 2.67 of 5 stars 2.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1963	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	On growing Up: Letters to American Boys & Girls, Including & 'The uncommon man" and Other Selections by Herbert Hoover, William Nichols (Editor) 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1962 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Memoirs of Herbert Hoover - The Great Depression, 1929-1941 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2007 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Herbert Hoover

“Older men declare war. But it is youth that must fight and die.”
― Herbert Hoover

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“My country owes me nothing. It gave me, as it gives every boy and girl, a chance. It gave me schooling, independence of action, opportunity for service and honor.”
― Herbert Hoover

tags: america, opportunity, patriotism, united-states, usa

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“Children are our greatest natural resource.”
― Herbert Hoover

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