Herbert Hoover

By MissW

  • Birth

    Birth
    Herbert Hoover was born on August 10, 1874. He was born in West Branch, Iowa and was the first president born west of the Mississippi River.

  • Orpahn

    Orpahn
    Both of Hoover's parents passed away by the age of nine. His mother passed when he was nine, and his father passed when he was six.

  • Raised

    Raised
    Because both of his parents were dead, Hoover was raised in Oregon with his uncle whose son had died the year before.

  • College

    College
    Hoover enrolled at Stanford in 1891. .

  • Marriage

    Marriage
    Herbert Hoover married Lou Hoover on Feb. 10, 1899.

  • Children

    Children
    Herbert Hoover has two children. Herbert Clark Hoover (1903-69), and Allan Henry Hoover (1907-93) were both his sons.

  • Before Presidency

    Before Presidency
    Herbert Hoover was the head of the American Relief Admistration. This was a mission to Europe and later post-revolutionary Russia, after World War I.

  • Presidency

    Presidency
    Herbert Hoover was elceted into office into office in 1928. His term of office was from 1928-1932. Charles Curtis was vice president for Herbert Hoover.

  • The Great Depression

    The Great Depression
    The stock market crashed on October 28, 1929.This casued The Great Depression, which was the longest econoic downturn in the history of the Western industrialized world. This wiped out millions of investors on Wall Sreet broke. This started a chain reaction, because people were fired because companies were out of business, leaving the majority of Ameicam citizens broke.

  • Death

    Death
    Herbert Hoover died on October 20, 1964, in NYC.