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 ...

At its center was an American who in 1928 was elected president of the United States: Herbert Hoover. In the summer of 1914, Hoover had been a highly successful American mining engineer living in ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va (WDTV) - The offensive dominance of Bridgeport football was showcased in front of the entire state of West Virginia Saturday in Charleston. (3) Bridgeport defeated (4) Herbert ...

The Generals got off on the right foot. Host Winfield got all the offense it needed with two runs in the bottom of the first inning of a 4-1 baseball victory over Herbert Hoover on Tuesday night.

Eight decades ago, Herbert Hoover, by then a private citizen, twice put forward his own such ideas. His proposals were informed by deep engineering knowledge and a heartfelt humanitarian concern ...

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.

Both Case and WRU students held straw votes in October 1932. Case went for Herbert Hoover (R), with 263 votes to Franklin D. Roosevelt's (D) 105, Norman M. Thomas' (Socialist) 82, and William Z.

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.

There was a view that Hoover did too little, too late. In contrast to President Hoover, Roosevelt was charismatic and an effective public speaker. He toured the country meeting voters and ...

It’s taken nearly two decades, but the Herbert Hoover Dike rehabilitation project is complete. The rehabilitation project started four presidents ago, in 2005.

Grandson of Hoover Company’s founder, Herbert Hoover Jr. joined the family firm at a young age, working on the assembly line in summers between school. As he gradually moved up through the company, ...

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.