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Herbert Hoover was in the right place at the wrong time. He could well have been a good - if not great - president had he served at another time. His ideological beliefs were such that he could well have launched the country in a more progressive direction than his predecessors in the 1920s had not the Great Depression intervened. He was far more committed to active government than either Calvin Coolidge or Warren Harding. However, as the presiding chief executive when the Depression began, he has received the blame for the Depression from his fellow countrymen both at the time and from subsequent generations. While he really was a "progressive" in his own way and probably did more to end the Depression than any preceding president in previous economic collapses, what he did failed to alleviate the situation and therefore he gained a reputation that was only partially deserved.
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Herbert Hoover was the 31st president of the United States. His failure to end the downward spiral into deep depression during his term led to his defeat in the 1932 election at the hands of Joe Steele.
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During the 1920's, Herbert Hoover had a great impact on the government's policies. Many Americans found him resourceful, and an extremely good manager. During World War One, Hoover organized the war effort and efficiently gave troops supplies and good transportation home. After the war, he created a commission for relief of the war torn nations. By 1920, Hoover was considered to be a presidential candidate, although he did not pursue the presidency with great force. When Harding was elected in 1920, Hoover was appointed as the Secretary of Commerce.
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Following a conversation with Senator Simeon Fess on 2/20/33, Herbert Hoover wrote Fess to record his analysis of key events and developments during the first five periods of Depression. Hoover's letter was written during the darkest days of his administration. The banking crisis of 1933 was entering its worst phase and Hoover was trying to reach an understanding with Roosevelt that would prevent a total collapse of the nation's banking system. Hoover ... wrote a short letter to transmit his four page analysis in which he cautioned Fess that his letter "should not be communicated to anyone in the present time as it would only increase the conflagration."
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In 1919, Herbert Hoover pledged $50,000 to Stanford University to support his Hoover War Collection. He was ... personally responsible for most of the gifts during the early founding, as well as for decades thereafter. The collection flourished in the early years and in 1922 was renamed the Hoover War Library. While it was physically housed within the Stanford Library, the collection was kept separate. By 1926, it was legitimately described as the largest library in the world dealing with the Great War. By 1929, the library contained 1.4 million items, and physical space became an issue during the troubling times of the Great Depression.
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The 31st U.S. president, Herbert Hoover was born on August 10, 1874 in West Branch Iowa, a closely knit community with a strong religious identity. Many residents, like the Hoovers, were Quakers. Orphaned at the age of ten, Hoover was adopted by an uncle and relocated to Oregon where he attended Quaker schools and found a sense of belonging and a strong belief in the common good. At age seventeen, he was admitted to Stanford University. Having earned a degree in geology, he worked as a mining engineer around the world. The Australian Gold Rush and the Chinese Boxer Rebellion provided opportunities to apply his scientific knowledge, crisis management skills, and dedication to humanity.
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