Herbert Hoover

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1874, in West Branch, Iowa Hoover $800 J PRESIDENTIAL BIRTHS 2025-06-26 #9364
Britannica:He "was blaming the depression on events abroad & predicting" his foe's win "would only intensify the disaster"; it didn't Hoover $1,200 DJ ONE-TERM PRESIDENTS 2024-01-24 #9023
Saw $40 billion in losses in one bad stock market year; signed Smoot-Hawley to raise tariffs, which did not help (Herbert) Hoover $800 DJ PRESIDENTIAL DOIN'S 2023-05-31 #8883
He made Goodwill visits to 10 Latin American countries as president-elect in late 1928, but never left the country as prez (Herbert) Hoover DD $2,500 DJ PRESIDENTIAL GLOBETROTTING 2022-07-13 #8683
It means to consume something voraciously, like a particular appliance brand hoover $800 DJ THAT'S NOT A PRESIDENT 2022-06-09 #8659
Before becoming president, he helped his wife Lou translate "De re metallica", a 1556 text that detailed copper mining Hoover $1,000 J PRESIDENTIAL THIS & THAT 2021-11-24 #8518
Charles Curtis, the first person of Native American descent to be elected vice president Hoover $2,000 DJ I WAS HIS VICE PRESIDENT 2021-05-18 #8402
"A Boyhood in Iowa" Herbert Hoover $600 J BOOKS BY PRESIDENTS 2021-01-27 #8323
The Department of Commerce headquarters building is named for this president who once served as Commerce Secretary Hoover DD $1,000 J NAMED FOR A PRESIDENT 2019-11-01 #8085
Promised "the final triumph over poverty" in accepting the 1928 nomination Hoover $400 DJ WHICH PRESIDENT? 2019-09-16 #8051
He said, "Victory over (the) Depression will be... by the resolution of our people to fight their own battles in their own communities" Herbert Hoover FJ PRESIDENTIAL QUOTES 2019-01-15 #7907
"The Hermit Author of Palo Alto" Herbert Hoover $1,000 J PRESIDENTIAL NICKNAMES 2017-11-15 #7633
The first to be born west of the Mississippi (hope it didn't cause a Depression) Hoover $400 DJ PRESIDENTS BORN WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI 2017-10-06 #7605
A multivolume biography of this president begins with "The Engineer 1874-1914" Herbert Hoover $400 J PRESIDENTIAL BIOGRAPHIES 2017-05-31 #7543
had previously served as Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover $1,000 J THE PRESIDENT WHO... 2015-10-07 #7143
Orphaned by age 9, this 31st president was raised by Quaker relatives in Oregon (Herbert) Hoover $800 J PRESIDENTIAL SECRETS 2015-03-12 #7024
1930 Hoover $1,000 J PRESIDENT OF THE YEAR 2012-04-27 #6365
"Principles of Mining" Hoover $1,000 J THE PRESIDENT WHO WROTE... 2011-05-06 #6145
HH Herbert Hoover $200 J PRESIDENTIAL MONOGRAMS 2011-03-25 #6115
1928:Al Smith Herbert Hoover $2,000 DJ PRESIDENTIAL RUNNERS-UP 2008-12-26 #5595
Warren Harding chose this future president as his Secretary of Commerce Hoover DD $3,000 DJ U.S. PRESIDENTS 2008-07-23 #5513
At his national historic site in West Branch, Iowa Hoover $800 DJ PRESIDENTS AT REST 2008-04-04 #5435
Pro-Prohibition, suffered from the Depression, got vacuumed out of office in 1932 Hoover $1,600 DJ DESCRIBING THE PRESIDENT 2008-02-11 #5396
When this president & his wife didn't want to be understood by others, they spoke to each other in Chinese Herbert Hoover FJ U.S. PRESIDENTS 2008-01-04 #5370
"Hermit Author of Palo Alto" Hoover $2,000 DJ PRESIDENTIAL NICKNAMES 2007-12-05 #5348
You elect him, I say in 7 months, the economy'll be in shambles. I'm Al Smith & I approved this message Herbert Hoover $600 J RECENTLY DISCOVERED PRESIDENTIAL ADS 2007-10-25 #5319
He went to Stanford & became a mining engineer Hoover $2,000 DJ BEFORE HE WAS PRESIDENT... 2007-05-02 #5223
In 1907 Murray Spangler invented a "suction sweeper" that led to this company's formation the following year Hoover $600 J ALSO A PRESIDENTIAL NAME 2006-12-01 #5115
Hailing from West Branch, Iowa, he was the first president born west of the Mississippi Hoover $400 DJ PRESIDENTS & FIRST LADIES 2006-03-27 #4966
This president once served as a mining engineer in Coolgardie, Australia Herbert Hoover $800 DJ HAIL TO THE CHIEF 2006-01-05 #4909
"A chicken in every pot and a car in every garage" Hoover $1,000 J PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN SLOGANS 2005-04-21 #4759
He & his wife translated into English "De Re Metallica", a 16th century Latin work on mining (Herbert) Hoover $1,200 DJ U.S. PRESIDENTS 2005-04-13 #4753
After serving one term, this first Quaker president was defeated for re-election in 1932 by FDR (Herbert) Hoover $2,000 DJ U.S. PRESIDENTS 2005-02-03 #4704
He carried 40 states in the 1928 election, 6 in 1932 (Herbert) Hoover $2,000 DJ U.S. PRESIDENTS 2004-02-11 #4478
"The Great Engineer" Herbert Hoover $1,000 J PRESIDENTIAL NICKNAMES 2003-05-23 #4325
210 Parkside Drive, West Branch, Iowa Herbert Hoover $1,000 J PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY ADDRESSES 2003-04-23 #4303
Born in Iowa; helped feed the unfortunate; sucked up 444 electoral votes in 1928 Hoover $800 J NAME THAT PRESIDENT 2002-06-17 #4111
In 1921 Harding appointed this man Secretary of Commerce; 8 years later he was the president Hoover $800 DJ U.S. PRESIDENTS 2001-12-20 #3984
Both of his sons graduated from Stanford University during the 1920s & both became engineers Herbert Hoover DD $2,000 DJ ALL THE PRESIDENTS' CHILDREN 2001-12-11 #3977
At his death on October 20, 1964, he had survived his presidency longer than any other president: 31 years, 231 days Herbert Hoover $200 J PRESIDENTIAL DEMISES 2001-02-27 #3802
Lincoln has a monument in Council Bluffs; this other president has a grave in West Branch Herbert Hoover $300 J PRESIDENTS IN IOWA 2000-09-12 #3682
7 months into his term in 1929, the stock market crashed Herbert Hoover $300 J U.S. PRESIDENTS 2000-03-21 #3587
At Stanford University, he majored in mining engineering Herbert Hoover $400 J 20th CENTURY U.S. PRESIDENTS 2000-03-01 #3573
"Mister, we could use a man like" this one, seen here, "again": Herbert Hoover $800 DJ PRESIDENTIAL HUNKS 2000-01-26 #3548
Having Charles Curtis as his running mate in 1932 didn't help; he was not reelected Herbert Hoover $200 J PRESIDENTIAL FACTS 1999-12-27 #3526
"Principles of Mining" Herbert Hoover $600 DJ PRESIDENTIAL AUTHORS 1999-12-21 #3522
"My Boyhood in Iowa" Herbert Hoover $300 J PRESIDENTIAL AUTHORS 1999-09-24 #3460
"The Great Engineer" Herbert Hoover DD $300 DJ PRESIDENTIAL NICKNAMES 1999-09-15 #3453
20th century president whose birthplace is depicted here Herbert Hoover FJ PRESIDENTIAL BIRTHPLACES 1999-03-18 #3354
March 4, 1929 - March 4, 1933 Herbert Hoover $400 J PRESIDENTIAL TERMS OF SERVICE 1998-12-16 #3288
The "Hermit Author of Palo Alto" Herbert Hoover $800 DJ PRESIDENTIAL NICKNAMES 1998-11-05 #3259
West Branch, Iowa Herbert Hoover $300 J PRESIDENTIAL BURIAL PLACES 1998-05-29 #3180
Many Americans blamed the Great Depression on this man who was president when it began in 1929 Herbert Hoover $800 DJ PRESIDENTS 1998-05-11 #3166
The only Secretary of Commerce to become president Herbert Hoover DD $2,000 DJ HAIL TO THE CHIEF 1997-06-16 #2961
Orphaned at age 9, he was raised for a time by Quaker relatives in Oregon Hoover $500 J U.S. PRESIDENTS 1997-04-15 #2917
He was born to a blacksmith's wife August 10, 1874 in West Branch, Iowa Herbert Hoover $500 J PRESIDENTS' BIRTHDAYS 1997-02-17 #2876
In June 1930 this president signed the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act raising duties Hoover $800 DJ PRESIDENTS 1996-06-26 #2738
The October 1929 stock market crash, the beginning of the Great Depression, came 7 months into his term Hoover $400 DJ HAIL TO THE CHIEF 1996-04-24 #2693
A native of West Branch, Iowa, he was the first president born west of the Mississippi Herbert Hoover $800 DJ PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA 1996-03-15 #2665
He published "Principles of Mining" in 1909 & "Fishing for Fun" in 1963 Hoover DD $1,000 J U.S. PRESIDENTS 1995-10-25 #2563
Campaigning for president in 1928, he described the American way of life as "rugged individualism" Herbert Hoover $800 DJ HAIL TO THE CHIEF 1995-04-24 #2461
In 1900 he was working as a mining engineer in China when the Boxer Rebellion broke out Hoover DD $500 J PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA 1994-12-20 #2372
In 1897 he was hired as a mining engineer at Coolgardie, Australia Herbert Hoover $1,000 DJ U.S. PRESIDENTS 1994-11-15 #2347
He was nicknamed "The Quaker Engineer" Herbert Hoover $800 DJ PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA 1994-06-30 #2279
At age 17, he was one of the youngest students in Stanford's first class Herbert Hoover DD $1,300 DJ U.S. PRESIDENTS 1993-10-29 #2105
c. 1918 FDR said of this man, "I wish we could make him president"; in 1932 FDR defeated him for the office Herbert Hoover $500 J PRESIDENTIAL QUOTES 1993-10-04 #2086
In 1933 he became the last president whose term of office ended on March 4 Hoover $600 DJ U.S. PRESIDENTS 1993-03-25 #1979
This future president was Secretary of Commerce under Warren G. Harding & Calvin Coolidge Herbert Hoover $400 J PRESIDENTS 1992-10-08 #1859
At 83 he completed what many consider to be his finest book, "The Ordeal of Woodrow Wilson" Herbert Hoover DD $600 DJ U.S. PRESIDENTS 1992-01-30 #1714
The first self-made millionaire president, he made his fortune as a mining engineer Herbert Hoover $600 DJ HAIL TO THE CHIEF 1992-01-16 #1704
He chose to run for president in 1928 & was elected Hoover $500 J PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA 1991-01-16 #1473
The only president born in Iowa, he was the first president born west of the Mississippi Hoover DD $2,000 DJ PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA 1990-09-25 #1392
In a 1964 survey, he was named 1 of the 2 greatest engineers in U.S. history (Herbert) Hoover DD $1,400 J HAIL TO THE CHIEF 1990-07-28 #7
His children, Herbert Jr. & Allan, were born in London, where he owned a mining company Herbert Hoover $100 J PRESIDENTS' CHILDREN 1990-01-05 #1235
From March 4, 1933 to January 20, 1953, he was the only living former president Herbert Hoover FJ U.S. PRESIDENTS 1989-11-29 #1208
This Depression era president received 89 honorary degrees, more than any other president Herbert Hoover $300 J PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA 1989-06-26 #1126
This Republican married a lady named Lou on February 10, 1899 Herbert Hoover $1,000 DJ PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA 1989-04-19 #1078
Sec'y of Commerce under Harding & Coolidge, he was the last cabinet member to go on to be president Hoover $600 DJ PRESIDENTS 1988-12-01 #979
The 1556 German science classic "De re metallica" was translated into English by this president & his wife Herbert Hoover $1,000 DJ 20th CENTURY PRESIDENTS 1988-05-06 #860
Like Coolidge before him, he was sworn in by former president Taft Herbert Hoover $300 J 6-LETTER PRESIDENTS 1988-02-05 #795
August 10, 1874 - October 20, 1964 Herbert Hoover $500 J PRESIDENTIAL LIFESPANS 1987-11-19 #739
This Iowan was the first President born west of the Mississippi Herbert Hoover $600 DJ PRESIDENTS 1987-11-10 #732
In 1919, FDR wrote "There could not be a better" president than this man whom FDR later defeated (Herbert) Hoover $600 DJ PRESIDENTS 1987-09-07 #686
"Principles of Mining" & "American Individualism" Herbert Hoover $800 DJ PRESIDENTIAL AUTHORS 1987-06-26 #665
Son of a Quaker blacksmith, he was 1st multimillionaire to become chief executive (Herbert) Hoover $1,000 DJ PRESIDENTS 1987-03-02 #581
Clark Herbert Hoover $800 DJ PRESIDENTIAL MIDDLE NAMES 1986-10-27 #491
Making more money than this president in 1931, Babe Ruth supposedly said, "I had a better year than he did" Hoover $200 J PRESIDENTS 1986-10-13 #481
Having earned millions as a mining engineer, he gave all his gov't salary to charity Herbert Hoover $1,000 DJ PRESIDENTS 1986-05-28 #448
At 31 years, this president lived the longest after leaving office Herbert Hoover $800 DJ PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA 1986-03-12 #393
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