http://www.history.com/photos/herbert-hoover See pictures from the life and presidency of Herbert Hoover. en Copyright 2013, History.com Fri, 24 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT History.com 2013-05-24T04:00:00Z en Copyright 2013, History.com http://www.history.com/photos/herbert-hoover/photo1 Herbert Hoover was born on August 10, 1874 in West Branch, Iowa. http://www.history.com/photos/herbert-hoover/photo1 http://www.history.com/photos/herbert-hoover/photo2 Hoover lived with his Uncle John Minthorn in this Newberg, Oregon, house from 1885-91 http://www.history.com/photos/herbert-hoover/photo2 http://www.history.com/photos/herbert-hoover/photo3 After being tragically orphaned at the age of nine, Hoover lived with his uncle, attended Quaker schools and then graduated from Stanford University with a degree in engineering. http://www.history.com/photos/herbert-hoover/photo3 http://www.history.com/photos/herbert-hoover/photo4 Herbert Hoover married Lou Henry Hoover in 1899. http://www.history.com/photos/herbert-hoover/photo4 http://www.history.com/photos/herbert-hoover/photo5 Hoover and his wife Lou went to China in 1899, where he worked as an engineering consultant for the Chinese government. http://www.history.com/photos/herbert-hoover/photo5 http://www.history.com/photos/herbert-hoover/photo6 The Hoovers had two sons: Herbert and Allan. http://www.history.com/photos/herbert-hoover/photo6 http://www.history.com/photos/herbert-hoover/photo7 Hoover served as Secretary of Commerce, head of the American Child Health Association, and Highway Safety Commission, and the American Women's War Relief Fund during WWI. http://www.history.com/photos/herbert-hoover/photo7 http://www.history.com/photos/herbert-hoover/photo8 In 1928, Hoover ran for president and won. Remarkably, it was his first election campaign--he had been appointed to his previous government positions. http://www.history.com/photos/herbert-hoover/photo8 http://www.history.com/photos/herbert-hoover/photo9 During the 1928 campaign, Hoover optimistically asserted that America was on the verge of snuffing out poverty and said "the poorhouse is vanishing from among us." http://www.history.com/photos/herbert-hoover/photo9 http://www.history.com/photos/herbert-hoover/photo10 Despite his warnings against market speculation, the great stock market crash of October 1929 occurred less than a year into his presidency. http://www.history.com/photos/herbert-hoover/photo10 http://www.history.com/photos/herbert-hoover/photo11 As the Depression deepened, a growing number of shanty towns full of destitute unemployed workers sprang up in city centers; they became known as "Hoovervilles." http://www.history.com/photos/herbert-hoover/photo11 http://www.history.com/photos/herbert-hoover/photo12 Hoover's tenure was thereafter associated with his inability to lead the nation out of the Great Depression. http://www.history.com/photos/herbert-hoover/photo12 http://www.history.com/photos/herbert-hoover/photo13 Hoover resisted implementing the type of emergency government relief programs advocated by his 1932 presidential campaign opponent, and ultimate successor, Franklin Delano Roosevelt. http://www.history.com/photos/herbert-hoover/photo13 http://www.history.com/photos/herbert-hoover/photo14 The Hoover Dam was named after Herbert Hoover. http://www.history.com/photos/herbert-hoover/photo14 http://www.history.com/photos/herbert-hoover/photo15 In 1947, he worked closely with then-President Harry Truman to combat worldwide famine and to help European nations with post-World War II reconstruction. http://www.history.com/photos/herbert-hoover/photo15 http://www.history.com/photos/herbert-hoover/photo16 Hoover died of heart failure on October 20, 1964, in New York City. His beloved wife Lou had died 20 years before, in 1944. http://www.history.com/photos/herbert-hoover/photo16