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Herbert Hoover served as Americas 31st President and was known as a great engineer and humanitarian. Hoover was born in 1874 in an village located in Iowa, although he spent most of his childhood in growing up in Oregon. As he grew older he attended Stanford University where he picked up a degree in mining engineering. In college is where hoover met the love of his life, Lou Henry. During Hoover's time in office he witnessed the Wall Street Crash of 1929. Hoover was faced with Americas worst economy in history. He tried to create projects to produce more jobs like the "Hoover Dam". Although he was taking steps to better Americas economy he was beat in the 1932 election to Franklin D. Roosevelt. Herbert Hoover died in New York City on October 20, 1964.

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