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Herbert Hoover Contributions

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Herbert Hoover was a Republican who became the thirty-first president with 444 electoral votes. Herbert entered the office position only a few months before the Stock Market Crash which caused immense pressure to be a successful leader. The United States was in desperate need of financial aid and everyone was looking towards him. Although, Hoover only served one term from 1929 to 1933 which might indicate that it his presidency was not as good as thought to be.
Herbert Clark Hoover was born in West Branch, Iowa on August 10, 1874 but was orphaned when he was nine because his father and mother died while he was a very young age. Hoover still managed to prosper in his studies, he studied geology at Stanford University, which is where he gained the nickname “chief”. Hoover then served as a Secretary of Commerce for Warren G. Harding and Calvin College, here he gained useful skills and experiences.
Herbert and Lou first found each other in college, Lou was the only female geology major at Stanford, this really impressed Hoover. After a while of talking he asked Lou to marry him by cable while in Australia because at the time they were separated, she accepted and they were officially married in 1899. The couple then decided to move to China where they were together(in person) again, this was during the Boxer Rebellion. Lou, now Hoover's wife helped nurse the injured soldiers and diplomats for the west while Herbert assisted in the fighting to defend Tianjin. Hoover and Lou

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