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President Herbert Hoover was the thirty-first President of the United States. President Hoover was born on August 10, 1874 in West Branch, Iowa. Hoover grew up as a Quaker, and from age 10 he lived in Oregon. When Hoover was only six years old, his father died, and following three years later, his mother died. Hoover and his two siblings were then sent to live with various relatives. During his youth, Hoover attended a local school. He proceeded onto high school but never completed it. However, Hoover was enrolled as part of the first class program at Stanford University and graduated with a degree in geology.

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Hoover was nominated as the Republican candidate for President on the first ballot in 1928. Charles Curtis was his running mate. Hoover ran against his opponent, Alfred Smith. Smith was the first Roman Catholic to be nominated for President. Hoover claimed victory with 58% of the vote and 444 out of 531 votes.  Hoover served his term from March 4, 1929 to March 3, 1933.

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            During his time in office, the Twentieth Amendment was passed. This was called the 'lame-duck amendment' because it decreased the time when an outgoing president would be in office after the November election. It moved the date of inauguration up from March 4th to January 20th. Also during his office term, on October 29, 1929, the stock market crashed and the Great Depression began. During the Great Depression unemployment rose 25%. President Hoover did not enact any laws involving the unemployment crisis, but did put measures into place to help businesses. Also during his Presidency, in 1930, nearly a year into Hoover’s Presidency, the Hawley-Smoot Tariff was enacted to help protect farmers and others from foreign competition. Unfortunately, trade around the world slowed down because other countries had also enacted this Tariff. During President Hoovers Presidency, the economy took a turn for the worst, and Hoover was defeated by Franklin Roosevelt in Hoover’s run for reelection.

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