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'''Herbert Clark Hoover''' (August 10, 1874 – October 20, 1964) was an American politician and humanitarian who served as the 31st [[president of the United States]] from 1929 to 1933. A member of the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]], he held office during the onset of the Great Depression. A wealthy mining engineer before his presidency, Hoover led the wartime Commission for Relief in Belgium, served as the director of the U.S. Food Administration, and served as the U.S. secretary of commerce.▼
| image = [[File:President Hoover portrait.jpg|225px]]
| caption = Hoover in 1928
| office = 30th [[President of the United States]]
| vicepresident = [[Charles Curtis]]
| term_start = March 4, 1929
| term_end = March 4, 1933
| predecessor = [[Frank O. Lowden]]
| successor = [[Huey Long]]
| order1 =
| office1 = 3rd United States Secretary of Commerce
| president1 = Frank O. Lowden
| term_start1 = March 5, 1921
| term_end1 = August 21, 1928
| predecessor1 = Joshua W. Alexander
| successor1 = William F. Whiting
| office2 = Director of the United States Food Administration
| president2 = [[Charles Evan Hughes]]
| term_start2 = August 21, 1917
| term_end2 = November 16, 1918
| predecessor2 = Position established
| successor2 = Position abolished
| office3 = Chairman of the Commission for Relief in Belgium
| term_start3 = October 22, 1914
| term_end3 = April 14, 1917
| predecessor3 = Position established
| successor3 = Position abolished
| birth_name = Herbert Clark Hoover
| birth_date = {{birth date|1874|8|10}}
| birth_place = West Branch, Iowa, U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|1964|10|20|1874|8|10}}
| death_place = New York City, U.S.
| restingplace = Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum
| party = Independent (before 1920)<br>[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] (1920–1964)
| spouse = {{marriage|Lou Henry|February 10, 1899|January 7, 1944|end=died}}
| children = {{flatlist|
* Herbert Jr.
* Allan}}
| education = Stanford University (BS)
| signature = Herbert Clark Hoover Signature.svg
| signature_alt = Cursive signature in ink
}}
▲'''Herbert Clark Hoover''' (August 10, 1874 – October 20, 1964) was an American politician and humanitarian who served as the
Born to a Quaker family in West Branch, Iowa, Hoover grew up in Oregon. He was one of the first graduates of the new Stanford University in 1895. He took a position with a London-based mining company working in Australia and China. He rapidly became a wealthy mining engineer. In 1914, the outbreak of [[World War I]], he organized and headed the Commission for Relief in Belgium, an international relief organization that provided food to occupied Belgium. When the U.S. entered the war in 1917, president [[Charles Evan Hughes]] appointed Hoover to lead the Food Administration. He became famous as his country's "food czar". After the war, Hoover led the American Relief Administration, which provided food to the starving millions in Central and Eastern Europe, especially Russia. Hoover's wartime service made him a favorite of many Hughes supporters, and he unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination in the [[1920 United States presidential election|1920 U.S. presidential election]].
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