Herbert Hoover

:Essay by Joel Yenser:

Herbert Hoover was the 31st President of the United States, but did you know he was a millionaire? Or defeated by Franklin D. Roosevelt in the re-election. These are some things you might not have known about Herbert Hoover the article will go from Hoover’s childhood, about his job/his presidency. In Conclusion we will talk more about how he got this far in his life.

On January 20th 1928 the 31st president of the United States was Inaugurated. His name was Herbert Hoover but let’s not start here, we’ll start to the very beginning. Herbert C. Hoover was born August 10, 1874 in West Branch, Iowa. Hoover was born in a farming community inhabited by Quakers. Sadly when Herbert was six his father Jesse Hoover died, And three years later his mother Hulda Hoover dies. After his parents died he moves to his uncle for a year, Years later he went to Newberg, Oregon to find himself in a Quaker School. In 1891, Herbert enrolled himself in Leland Stanford Junior University. And Four years later after graduation he earned a degree in mining engineering.

By 1914 Herbert was now a retired multimillionaire and he was around to be 40. When WW1 broke out Hoover was concerned about his charitable activities, So Hoover moved to London England to help repatriate American tourists and other people in need. Hoover’s Election was a phenomenon his rival Canidate was Alfred E. Smith, Al Smith was a Roman Catholic. Everyone was worried that he would follow church rules instead, At the end Herbert Hoover won the Election of 1928. The vote was 444 to 87! Hoover with his 21.5 Million popular votes and Smith with only 15 Million popular votes.

During the 1920’s the economy grew rapidly, during WW1 the Gross National Product fell by $91.5 billion to $69.6 billion. Business also improved but at the very end the GNP grew at $103.1 billion. Finally on October 24 1929 known as black Tuesday the Crash began. A couple days later the market began to plunge causing a downward slide that didn’t level off until 1932. The election of 1932 was Herbert’s end beaten to (D) Franklin D. Roosevelt 472 to 59.

Source Citation

"Herbert Hoover." Historic World Leaders, edited by Anne Commire, Gale, 1994. World History in Context, link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/K1616000286/UHIC?u=pl2634&xid=3a921541. Accessed 30 Jan. 2017.

Herbert Hoover Bio http://to.pbs.org/presidentslm

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These two videos are biographies about Herbert Hoover. The top video is a 60 second bio of Herbert hoover, The second video is a 12 minute video of Hoover's childhood in West Branch, Iowa.

This is a picture of Herbert's and Lou's House (I'm not sure if it was re-modeled). To the right is Herbert Hoover's signature.

Top is The Election of 1928 with Hoover at (R) 444 Electoral Votes and Bottom at Hoovers Defeat at 59 Electoral Votes.