Herbert Hoover

Herbert Hoover

US PRESIDENT

The 31st president of the United States who helped provide humanitarian relief to Belgium during World War I and was best known for his mishandling of the Great Depression. He worked as the student manager of the football and baseball teams while attending Stanford University. He was a mildly prolific author, releasing 16 books during his lifetime, the last of which was about fishing, titled Fishing for Fun--and to Wash Your Soul. His parents were Jesse Hoover, a blacksmith and farm implem

  • When was
    Herbert Hoover born?

    Herbert Hoover was born on Monday, August 10, 1874

  • Where was
    Herbert Hoover born?

    Herbert Hoover was born in West Branch, IA

  • How old is
    Herbert Hoover?

    Herbert Hoover is 149

Best Quotes

  • The President is not only the leader of a party, he is the President of the whole people. He must interpret the conscience of America. He must...
  • More than ten million women march to work every morning side by side with the men. Steadily the importance of women is gaining not only in the...
  • In my public statements I have earnestly urged that there rested upon government many responsibilities which affect the moral and spiritual we...
  • I would wish that the women of our country could embrace ... [the responsibilities] of citizenship as peculiarly their own. If they could appl...
  • Wisdom oft times consists of knowing what to do next.
  • Blessed are the young, for they shall inherit the national debt.
  • Let me remind you that credit is the lifeblood of business, the lifeblood of prices and jobs.
  • Bless the children, for the national debt is theirs.
  • Words without actions are the assassins of idealism.
  • Where there is a lack of honor in government, the morals of the whole people are poisoned

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