Hoover, Irwin Hood, 1871-1933

White House usher.

From the description of Irwin Hood Hoover papers, 1909-1933. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83634900

Biographical Note

• 1871, Oct. 24: Born, Washington, D.C.
• 1891: Installed first electric lights in White House; later became permanent electrician in the White House and then usher
• circa 1910: Appointed chief usher of the White House by William H. Taft
• 1933, Sept. 14: Died, Washington, D.C.
• 1934: Posthumous publication of Forty-two Years in the White House. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co.

From the guide to the Irwin Hood Hoover Papers, 1909-1933, (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)