Hoover+Notes

President Herbert Hoover (1929-1933)- R


 * Quaker
 * Orphaned at age 9
 * Went to Stanford University and studied engineering
 * Was a mining engineer in China, successful and very wealthy
 * Was the head of the Food Administration under President Wilson, directed relief to much of Europe
 * Was the Secretary of Commerce under Harding and Coolidge
 * One of America's most intelligent presidents (voted best engineer in the US along with Thomas Edison)
 * Spoke fluent Chinese along with his wife Lou
 * Spent his own money on entertainment in the White House and refused the traditional presidential salary
 * Believed that people were responsible for their own success/failure (much of his belief led to how he reacted to the Great Depression)
 * "Volunteerism"