PRESIDENT HERBERT HOOVER

31st President of the United States (March 4, 1929 to March 3, 1933) Nickname: "Chief", "Grand Old Man" Born: August 10, 1874, in West Branch, Iowa Died: October 20, 1964, in New York, New York Father: Jesse Clark Hoover Mother: Hulda Randall Minthorn Hoover Married: Lou Henry (1875-1944), on February 10, 1899 Children: Herbert Clark Hoover (1903-69); Allan Henry Hoover (1907-93) Religion: Society of Friends (Quaker) Education: Graduated from Stanford University (1895). Occupation: Engineer Political Party: Republican Other Government Positions: Secretary of Commerce, 1921-23 (under Harding) Secretary of Commerce, 1923-28 (under Coolidge) Presidential Salary: $75,000/year Points of Interest: Herbert Clark Hoover was born in West Branch, Iowa on August 10, 1874. He was the first President born in Iowa and the first President to be born west of the Mississippi. River. In 1922, Hoover, then Commerce Secretary, participated in the first successful long-distance television demonstration in New York. Herbert Hoover never promised a "chicken in every pot." It was a Republican Party ad not endorsed by Hoover during the election. Herbert Hoover was the first president to have a telephone right on his desk. Herbert Hoover required White House servants to be "invisible." Whenever he or the first lady appeared, the servants would jump into the nearest closet to avoid being seen.

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