Herbert Hoover Papers. 1913 - 1964. Herbert Hoover Papers: Commerce Period--Official and Personal

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Herbert Hoover Papers. 1913 - 1964. Herbert Hoover Papers: Commerce Period--Official and Personal

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Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964

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Herbert Clark Hoover (b. August 10, 1874, Iowa-d. October 20, 1964), thirty-first president of the United States, was born in Iowa, and was orphaned as a child. A Quaker known from his childhood as "Bert" to his friends, he began a career as a mining engineer soon after graduating from Stanford University in 1895. Within twenty years he had used his engineering knowledge and business acumen to make a fortune as an independent mining consultant. In 1914 Hoover administered the American Relief Com...