Died: October 20, 1964 . Despite being at the helm of government when the stock market crashed and the Great Depression set in, Herbert Hoover was not the do-nothing president his detractors claimed.

Running on a progressive platform, Herbert C. Hoover was enormously popular. His economic acuity was especially respected as he had established his capable good judgment during his tenure as secretary ...

Painter compared Trump to Herbert Hoover and Benito Mussolini: RICHARD PAINTER: The big picture here is that a trade war could easily precipitate an economic crisis, a recession, or even a ...

President Herbert Hoover remains the only U.S. president to have been born in Iowa. On Aug. 10, his hometown will celebrate the 150th anniversary of his birth with Hoover's Hometown Days.

President Herbert Hoover signed the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act in 1930, even as many economists warned that the levies would prompt retaliatory tariffs from other countries, which is precisely what ...

ELKVIEW, W.Va. — Independence had a prime opportunity to pull even or ahead during the top of the fifth inning in Wednesday’s matchup at Herbert Hoover. After the Patriots failed to do so ...

During the time in the early 1920s when legislation was being crafted to authorize a dam on the Colorado River, Herbert Hoover served as Secretary of Commerce for President Warren Harding.