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Personal EnlargeDownload Link Portrait of Herbert Hoover, 1928. 31-1928-e86 DownloadPrint Portrait of Herbert Hoover, 1928. 31-1928-e86 Herbert Clark Hoover (August 10, 1874–October 20, 1964), mining engineer, humanitarian, U.S. Secretary of Commerce, and 31st President of the United States, was the son of Jesse Hoover, a blacksmith, and Hulda Minthorn Hoover, a seamstress and recorded minister in the Society of Friends (Quakers). Hoover was born in West Branch, Iowa, where he enjoyed fishing in the local creek and working in his father’s blacksmith shop.
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Souvenir Chronicles: WEST BRANCH, IOWA: HERBERT HOOVER
Born to a Quaker family in West Branch, Iowa, he grew up in Oregon.
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