Herbert Hoover
(March 4, 1929 to March 3, 1933)

Born: August 10, 1874
Died: October 20, 1964

Political Party: Republican
Previous Occupation: Engineer

Elected From: California
Vice President: Charles Curtis (1929-33)
Cabinet Members: view list

Other Government Positions:
· Secretary of Commerce, 1921-23 (under Harding)
· Secretary of Commerce, 1923-28 (under Coolidge)

Inaugural Address: 1929
Biography: view

Presidential Highlights:
· In 1932, approved the creation of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation (loaned money to banks and other businesses). This failed to improve the nations economic depression that had begun in the fall of 1929.

· Approved several bills that reformed the federal prison system (improved the quality of prison employees, made education available to prisoners, alleviated overcrowding by building new prisons).

Presidential Election:
1928
Herbert Hoover444
Alfred E. Smith87

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