Herbert Clark Hoover

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Herbert Clark Hoover

31st President of the United States (March 4, 1929 to March 3, 1933)
Nickname: None
Vice President: Charles Curtis

Born: August 10, 1874, in West Branch, Iowa
Died: October 20, 1964, in New York, New York

Father: Jesse Clark Hoover
Mother: Hulda Randall Minthorn Hoover
Married: Lou Henry (1875-1944), on February 10, 1899
Children: Herbert Clark Hoover (1903-1969); Allan Henry Hoover (1907-1993)

Religion: Society of Friends (Quaker)
Education: Graduated from Stanford University (1895)
Occupation: Engineer
Political Party: Republican

SPECIAL INFORMATION:

Parties at the White House during Herbert Hoover's term were big events. As many as 4,000 invitations to a gala would be loaded on trucks and hand delivered around Washington.