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Herbert Hoover
31st President of the United States

Herbert Hoover

1929-1933

Vice President: Charles Curtis (1929-33)
Born: August 10, 1874, in West Branch, Iowa
Died: October 20, 1964, in New York, New York
Career/Occupation: Engineer
Religion: Society of Friends (Quaker)
Education: Graduated from Stanford University (1895)
Political Party: Republican
Nickname(s): None


Other Government Positions:

• Secretary of Commerce, 1921-23 (under Harding)
• Secretary of Commerce, 1923-28 (under Coolidge)

Presidential Salary: $75,000

Presidential Firsts:

The first president born west of the Mississippi River 

The first president to be born in Iowa.

The first president to have a telephone on his desk.

The first president to have a post-presidency of more than 30 years.

Hoover left office in 1933, and died in 1964. He died 31 years, 230 days after leaving office.

The first president who was a Quaker.

The first president to have served as secretary of commerce.