Herbert Clark Hoover (1929-1933)

Herbert Clark Hoover

31st President of the United States
(March 4, 1929 to March 3, 1933)

Nickname: None listed.

Born: August 10, 1874, in West Branch, Iowa
Died: October 20, 1964, in New York, New York

Father: Jesse Clark Hoover

Mother: Hulda Randall Minthorn Hoover
Married: Lou Henry (1875-1944), on February 10, 1899
Children: Herbert Clark Hoover (1903-69); Allan Henry Hoover (1907-93)

Religion: Society of Friends (Quaker)
Education: Graduated from Stanford University (1895).
Occupation: Engineer
Political Party: Republican
Other Government Positions:

• Secretary of Commerce, 1921-23 (under Harding)
• Secretary of Commerce, 1923-28 (under Coolidge)

Presidential Salary: $75,000/year

Vice President: Charles Curtis (1929-33)

Cabinet:

Secretary of State

Henry L. Stimson (1929-33)

Secretary of the Treasury

Andrew W. Mellon (1929-32)

Ogden L. Mills (1932-33)

Secretary of War

James W. Good (1929)

Patrick J. Hurley (1929-33)

Attorney General

William DeWitt Mitchell (1929-33)

Postmaster General

Walter F. Brown (1929-33)

Secretary of the Navy

Charles F. Adams (1929-33)

Secretary of the Interior

Ray L. Wilbur (1929-33)

Secretary of Agriculture

Arthur M. Hyde (1929-33)

Secretary of Commerce

Robert P. Lamont (1929-32)

Roy D. Chapin (1932-33)

Secretary of Labor

James J. Davis (1929-30)

William N. Doak (1930-33)

Notable Events:

• 1929
  • Stock Market Crash which was the start of the Great Depression

Biographies:

• Wikipedia