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Herbert Hoover

1874 - 1964

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Herbert Clark Hoover (August 10, 1874 – October 20, 1964) was the 31st president of the United States, serving from 1929 to 1933. A wealthy mining engineer before his presidency, Hoover led the wartime Commission for Relief in Belgium and was the director of the U.S. Food Administration, followed by post-war relief of Europe. As a member of the Republican Party, he served as the third United States secretary of commerce from 1921 to 1928 before being elected president in 1928. His presidency was dominated by the Great Depression, and his policies and methods to combat it were seen as lackluster. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Herbert Hoover is the 637th most popular politician (down from 529th in 2019), the 202nd most popular biography from United States (down from 161st in 2019) and the 37th most popular American Politician.

Herbert Hoover is most famous for being the 31st president of the United States. He was in office from 1929 to 1933.

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Among politicians, Herbert Hoover ranks 637 out of 19,576. Before him are Richard II of England, Malik-Shah I, Licinius, Emperor Taizong of Tang, Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor, and Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor. After him are Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, Louis X of France, Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover, Ivar the Boneless, Maria Carolina of Austria, and Irene of Athens.

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Among people born in 1874, Herbert Hoover ranks 7. Before him are Winston Churchill, Guglielmo Marconi, Robert Frost, W. Somerset Maugham, Arnold Schoenberg, and Harry Houdini. After him are Howard Carter, Johannes Stark, Max Scheler, Ernst Cassirer, Sunjong of Korea, and Chaim Weizmann. Among people deceased in 1964, Herbert Hoover ranks 4. Before him are Jawaharlal Nehru, Leo Szilard, and Douglas MacArthur. After him are Victor Francis Hess, Frans Eemil Sillanpää, Paul of Greece, Hans von Euler-Chelpin, James Franck, Alma Mahler, Rachel Carson, and Norbert Wiener.

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Among people born in United States, Herbert Hoover ranks 202 out of 20,380. Before him are Brad Pitt (1963), Gene Cernan (1934), Whitney Houston (1963), William James Sidis (1898), Douglas MacArthur (1880), and Ed Asner (1929). After him are Henry Fonda (1905), Noah Webster (1758), Denzel Washington (1954), Francis Ford Coppola (1939), James Monroe (1758), and Robert Redford (1936).

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Among politicians born in United States, Herbert Hoover ranks 37. Before him are Lyndon B. Johnson (1908), John Adams (1735), Daniel D. Tompkins (1774), William R. King (1786), Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. (1888), and John Nance Garner (1868). After him are James Monroe (1758), Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (1954), Grover Cleveland (1837), James Madison (1751), Sitting Bull (1831), and Geronimo (1829).

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