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Herbert Clark Hoover (August 10, 1874 – October 20, 1964), the thirty-first President of the United States (1929–1933), was a world-famous mining engineer and humanitarian administrator. As the United States Secretary of Commerce in the 1920s under Presidents Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge, he promoted 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, a Catholic whose religion was distrusted by many. Hoover deeply believed in the Efficiency Movement (a major component of the Progressive Era), arguing that there were technical solutions to all social and economic problems. That position was challenged by the Great Depression, which began in 1929, the first year of his presidency. He energetically tried to combat the depression with volunteer efforts and government action, none of which produced economic recovery during his term. The consensus among historians is that Hoover's defeat in the 1932 election was caused primarily by failure to end the downward spiral into deep depression, compounded by popular opposition to prohibition, Hoover's lack of charisma in relating to voters, and his poor skills in working with politicians.  (Read full article from Wikipedia...)

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High school football: Hoover visits Wayne in Thursday game Daily Mail - Charleston Herbert Hoover quarterback Carter Coleman has completed 29-of-49 passes for 391 yards with seven touchdowns and five interceptions in two ... Short week after 48-45 winCharleston Gazette all 2 news articles »

Hoover event draws about 200 Iowa City Press Citizen WEST BRANCH -- Monday was a throwback day for families attending Laura Ingalls Wilder Days at the the Herbert Hoover Museum and Historic Site as they ... and more »

Prairie cleanup Sept. 25 West Branch Times Herbert Hoover National Historic Site will celebrate National Public Lands Day this September with a fall volunteer project in the 81-acre tallgrass prairie ...

Be in the know: Today's political bullet points CNN (blog) Back during The Great Depression, President Herbert Hoover ordered the deportation of ALL illegal aliens in order to make jobs available to American ...

The New Republic: Word Games Of The Collapse NPR In fact, for the first years of his presidency, Herbert Hoover chose to refer to the downturn as a “depression” in an effort to convey that what the country ... and more »

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Kaine to Dems: 'We need have the president's back' Washington Post Kaine said returning the Republicans to power this fall "would be like giving the keys back to Herbert Hoover in the middle of the 1930s," a reference to ... Kaine: Don't count out 'underdog'Politico Democratic National Chairman defends party's achievements under ObamaLexington Herald Leader Democratic National Committee Chairman Tim KaineCBS 3 all 153 news articles »

Dow May Rise From Election Day to Year-End: Technical Analysis BusinessWeek The worst outcome was in 1930, when the measure plunged 11 percent under President Herbert Hoover, also a Republican, during the Great Depression. ... and more »

Prep football -- Hoover wins 48-45 shootout Charleston Gazette Carter Coleman's 3-yard touchdown run with 26 seconds left Friday night handed visiting Herbert Hoover a wild 48-45 win over Chapmanville in a battle of ...

Channeling the ghost of Herbert Hoover and other Depression frights Seattle Times Let's play counterfactual history. What if the Harding, Coolidge and Hoover administrations in the 1920s had presided over and expanded a large federal ...

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