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- NAME: Herbert Hoover
- OCCUPATION: U.S. President
- BIRTH DATE: August 10, 1874
- DEATH DATE: October 20, 1964
- EDUCATION: Stanford University
- PLACE OF BIRTH: West Branch, Iowa
- PLACE OF DEATH: New York, New York
- Full Name: Herbert Clark Hoover
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Herbert Hoover was the 31st president of the United States (1929–1933), whose term was notably marked by the stock market crash of 1929 and the beginnings of the Great Depression.
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When the election of 1932 came around, Hoover blamed the depression on factors beyond his control, but the public either didn’t care or wasn’t buying it, and he was trounced by Franklin Roosevelt.
In the ensuing years, Hoover continually attacked government programs such as FDR’s New Deal in books he wrote, such as The Challenge to Liberty (1934) and the eight-volume Addresses Upon the American Road (1936–1961). He also delivered speeches on the matter,
including “Against the Proposed New Deal” (1932) and “The New Deal and European Collectivism” (1936). He opposed American entry into World War II (until Pearl Harbor was attacked) and condemned American involvement in the Korean and Vietnam wars. He was working on another book when he died at age 90 in New York City in 1964.
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