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Hoover, Herbert Clark
(Encyclopedia) Hoover, Herbert Clark, 1874–1964, 31st President of the United States (1929–33), b. West Branch, Iowa. Except for major speeches before the Republican conventions and a 1938 European…Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace
(Encyclopedia) Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace, at Stanford, Calif. It was established in 1919 as the Hoover War Library by Herbert Hoover to extend his collection of documents of…Hoover Dam
(Encyclopedia) Hoover Dam, 726 ft (221 m) high and 1,244 ft (379 m) long, on the Colorado River between Nev. and Ariz.; one of the world's largest dams. Built between 1931 and 1936 by the U.S. Bureau…Hoover, J. Edgar
(Encyclopedia) Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar Hoover), 1895–1972, American administrator, director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), b. Washington, D.C. Shortly after he was admitted to the…Lou Hoover
Lou Henry Hoover was the First Lady of the United States during her husband's term as president, from 1929 to 1933. She was born in Iowa -- just like future husband Herbert -- but moved to…Herbert Hoover
Herbert Clark Hoover was the 31st American president, serving from 1929-33, during the Great Depression. Hoover was a successful mining engineer and businessman in Australia and China before turning…Larry Hoover
Larry Hoover is the founder and longtime leader of the Gangster Disciples, a street gang out of northern Illinois and Indiana. Hoover was born in Mississippi but grew up in Chicago, where he became…Curtis, Charles
(Encyclopedia) Curtis, Charles, 1860–1936, Vice President of the United States (1929–33), b. near North Topeka, Kans. Of part Native American background, Curtis lived for three years on a Kaw…Work, Hubert
(Encyclopedia) Work, Hubert, 1860–1942, American cabinet officer, b. Marion Center, Pa. A practicing physician in Colorado, he became prominent in state and then in national Republican politics. He…Bonus Marchers
(Encyclopedia) Bonus Marchers, in U.S. history, more than 20,000 veterans, most of them unemployed and in desperate financial straits, who, in the spring of 1932, spontaneously made their way to…Trending
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