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Herbert Hoover

President of the United States from 1929 to 1933 (1874–1964)

  • Fame78.4
  • Momentum0.0
  • Politicians rank#155
Source-basedFalling
  • Fame78.4
  • Momentum0.0
  • Politicians rank#155
  • Wikipedia133.1K
Lived 1874–1964, aged 90United States
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    132 languages
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  • Era
    1874–1964
    Aged 90
  • Known for
    The Roaring Twenties
    1939
Summary
Updated 2026-06-08

The president who entered office months before the 1929 crash and left four years later bearing the full weight of the Depression in the public mind. Hoover's name became shorthand for the disaster itself—shantytowns were "Hoovervilles"—even though he'd spent the previous decade as a tireless humanitarian feeding war-torn Europe.

Biography

About

Born to a Quaker family in Iowa in 1874, Hoover graduated from the new Stanford University in 1895 and became a wealthy mining engineer working in Australia and China. When World War I broke out in 1914, he organized the Commission for Relief in Belgium, providing food to occupied Belgium, then led the U.S. Food Administration after America entered the war in 1917, earning fame as the country's "food dictator." After the war he led the American Relief Administration, feeding millions in Central and Eastern Europe and Russia. He served as Secretary of Commerce under Harding and Coolidge from 19…

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Sourced, dated quotes from Herbert Hoover

Herbert Hoover
said
A good many things go around in the dark besides Santa Claus.
— Address to the John Marshall Republican Club, St. Louis, Missouri (16 December 1935)
Herbert Hoover
said
You cannot extend the mastery of government over the daily life of a people without somewhere making it master of people's souls and thoughts.
— Campaign speech at Madison Square Garden (31 October 1932)
Herbert Hoover
said
Let me remind you that credit is the lifeblood of business, the lifeblood of prices and jobs.
— Address at Des Moines, Iowa, (4 October 1932)
Herbert Hoover
said
American life is builded, and can alone survive, upon . . . [the] fundamental philosophy announced by the Savior nineteen centuries ago.
— “Radio Address to the Nation on Unemployment Relief,” American Presidency Project, October 18, 1931
Herbert Hoover
said
If, by the grace of God, we have passed the worst of this storm, the future months will be easy.
— Address to the Gridiron Club (27 April 1931)
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Fame
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78.4
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Historical28.8
Now attention10.7
Source confidence65.0
Completeness75.0
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Category rank
#155
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    wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org
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  • Pantheon 2.0
    database · pantheon.world
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