Herbert Hoover

Herbert Hoover, 31st President of the United States

Term

31st President of the United States
Republican
March 4, 1929 - March 4, 1933  (54-58)
Preceded by Calvin Coolidge
Succeeded by Franklin D. Roosevelt

3rd United States Secretary of Commerce
March 5, 1921 - August 21, 1928  (46-54)
Preceded by Joshua W. Alexander
Succeeded by William F. Whiting

Data

Full Name	Herbert Clark Hoover
Born	August 10, 1874
Birthplace	West Branch, Iowa
Alma Mater	Stanford University  (B.S. 1895)
Died	October 20, 1964  (90 years)
Deathplace	New York City, New York

Parents

Jesse Clark Hoover

Born	September 2, 1846
Father	Eli Hoover  (1820-92) (72 years)
Mother	Mary Davis  (1820-53) (33 years)
Marriage	1870 - 1880  (10 years, died)
Died	December 13, 1880  (34 years)

Hulda Randall Minthorn

Born	May 4, 1848
Father	Theodore Minthorn  (1817-66) (49 years)
Mother	Mary Wasley  (1818-1903) (85 years)
Children	3
Died	February 22, 1884  (35 years)

Siblings

1. Theodore Jesse Hoover  (1871-1955) (84 years) (married 1899  Mildred Brooke  (1872-1940) (68 years))
2. Mary Blanche Hoover  (1876-1953) (77 years) (married 1899  Cornelius Leavitt  (1874-1962) (88 years))

Marriages

1. Lou Henry

Born	March 29, 1874
Father	Charles Delano Henry  (1845-1928) (83 years)
Mother	Florence Ida Weed  (1848-1927) (79 years)
Marriage	February 10, 1899 - January 7, 1944  (44 years, widowed)
Died	January 7, 1944  (69 years)

Children

1. Herbert Charles Hoover

Born	August 4, 1903
Wife	Margaret Eva Watson  (1904-82) (78 years)
Marriage	June 25, 1925 - July 9, 1969  (44 years, died)
Children	Margaret, Herbert, Joan
Died	July 9, 1969  (65 years)

2. Allan Henry Hoover

Born	July 17, 1907
Wife	Margaret Coberly  (1911-2009) (98 years)
Marriage	March 17, 1937 - November 4, 1993  (56 years, died)
Children	Allan, Andrew, Lou
Died	November 4, 1993  (86 years)

Occupation

Director of the United States Food Administration  (1917-18)

Humanitarian

Businessman

Civil Engineer

Mining Engineer

Presidential Election of 1928

1. Herbert Hoover

Birth/Death	1874 - 1964  (90 years)
State	California
Occupation	Former United States Secretary of Commerce  (1921-28)
Political Party	Republican
Vice President	Charles Curtis  (1860-1936) (KS) U.S. Senator from Kansas  (1907-13, 1915-29)
Popular Vote	21, 427, 123  (58.21%)
Electoral Vote	444  (40 states)

2. Al Smith

Birth/Death	1873 - 1944  (71 years)
State	New York
Occupation	Governor of New York  (1919-20, 1923-28)
Political Party	Democratic
Vice President	Joseph Taylor Robinson  (1872-1937) (AR) U.S. Senator from Arkansas  (1913-37)
Popular Vote	15, 015, 464  (40.8%)
Electoral Vote	87  (8 states)

3. Norman Thomas

Birth/Death	1884 - 1968  (84 years)
State	New York
Occupation	Presbyterian Minister and Social Activist
Political Party	Socialist
Vice President	James H. Maurer  (1864-1944) (PA) Former Member of the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives  (1910-12, 1915-19)
Popular Vote	267, 478  (0.73%)
Electoral Vote	0

4. William Z. Foster

Birth/Death	1881 - 1961  (80 years)
State	Massachusetts
Occupation	Trade Union Leader and Labor Organizer
Political Party	Communist
Vice President	Benjamin Gitlow  (1881-1965) (NY) Lawyer and Author
Popular Vote	48, 551  (0.13%)
Electoral Vote	0

5. Verne L. Reynolds

Birth/Death	1887 - 1959  (72 years)
State	Michigan
Occupation	Oilman, Steamfitter, and Newspaper Advertiser
Political Party	Socialist Labor
Vice President	Jeremiah D. Crowley  (1880-1956) (NY) Social Activist
Popular Vote	21, 590  (0.06%)
Electoral Vote	0

6. William F. Varney

Birth/Death	1884 - 1960  (76 years)
State	New York
Occupation	Cloth Manufacturer
Political Party	Prohibition
Vice President	James Edgerton  (1869-1938) (VA) President of the Internationational New Thought Alliance
Popular Vote	20, 095  (0.05%)
Electoral Vote	0

7. Frank Webb

Birth/Death	1863 - 1949  (86 years)
State	California
Occupation	Colonel in the United States Army
Political Party	Farmer-Labor
Vice President	LeRoy R. Tillman  (1868-1949) (GA) Labor Organizer
Popular Vote	6, 390  (0.02%)
Electoral Vote	0

Vice President

Charles Curtis  (1860-1936)	KS	1929-1933

Cabinet

Secretary of State

Frank B. Kellogg  (1856-1937)	MN	1929
Henry L. Stimson  (1867-1950)	NY	1929-33

Secretary of the Treasury

Andrew Mellon  (1855-1937)	PA	1929-32
Ogden L. Mills  (1884-1937)	NY	1932-33

Secretary of War

James William Good  (1866-1929)	IA	1929
Patrick J. Hurley  (1883-1963)	NM	1929-33

Attorney General

William D. Mitchell  (1874-1955)	MN	1929-33

Secretary of the Navy

Charles Francis Adams III  (1866-1954)	MA	1929-33

Postmaster General

Walter Folger Brown  (1869-1961)	OH	1929-33

Secretary of the Interior

Ray Lyman Wilbur  (1875-1949)	CA	1929-33

Secretary of Agriculture

Arthur M. Hyde  (1877-1947)	MO	1929-33

Secretary of Commerce

Robert P. Lamont  (1867-1948)	IL	1929-32
Roy D. Chapin  (1880-1936)	MI	1932-33

Secretary of Labor

James J. Davis  (1873-1947)	PA	1929-30
William N. Doak  (1882-1933)	VA	1930-33

United States Supreme Court

Chief Justice

William Howard Taft  (1857-1930)	OH	1921-30  (9 years)
Charles Evans Hughes  (1862-1948)	NY	1930-41  (11 years)

Associate Justices

Oliver Wendall Holmes Jr.  (1841-1935)	MA	1902-32  (30 years)
Willis Van Deventer  (1859-1941)	WY	1910-37  (27 years)
James Clark McReynolds  (1862-1946)	TN	1914-41  (27 years)
Louis Brandeis  (1856-1941)	MA	1916-39  (23 years)
George Sutherland  (1862-1942)	UT	1922-38  (16 years)
Pierce Butler  (1866-1939)	MN	1922-39  (17 years)
Edward Terry Sanford  (1865-1930)	NC	1923-30  (7 years)
Harlan F. Stone  (1872-1946)	NY	1925-41  (16 years)
Owen Roberts  (1875-1955)	PA	1930-45  (15 years)
Benjamin N. Cardozo  (1870-1938)	NY	1932-38  (6 years)

External Links

• Genealogy of Herbert Hoover