Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Herbert Hoover

Herbert Hoover (1874-1964)

Herbert Hoover (1874-1964)

Herbert Clark Hoover (August 10, 1874 October 20, 1964) was the 31st President of the United States (19291933). Hoover was a professional mining engineer and author. As the United States Secretary of Commerce in the 1920s under Presidents Warren G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge, he promoted government intervention under the rubric "economic modernization". In the presidential election of 1928, Hoover easily won the Republican nomination, despite having no previous elected office experience.



[Principles Of Mining]


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