Biographical Facts Birth: West Branch, Iowa, August 10, 1874 Ancestry: Swiss-German Father: Jesse Clark Hoover Birth: Miami County, Ohio, September 2, 1846 Death: West Branch, Iowa, December 14, 1880 Occupation: Blacksmith Mother: Hulda Randall Minthorn Hoover Birth: Norwich, Oxford County, Canada, May 4, 1849 Death: West Branch, Iowa, February 22, 1883 Brother: Theodore Jesse Hoover (1871-1955) Sister: Mary "May" Hoover (1876-1950) Marriage: Monterey, California, February 10, 1899 Wife: Lou Henry Hoover Birth: Waterloo, Iowa, March 29, 1875 Death: New York, New York, January 7, 1944 Children: Herbert Clark Hoover (1903-1969); Allan Henry Hoover (1907-1993) Religious Affiliation: Quaker Education: Local Schools; Newberg Academy; Stanford University (B.A., 1895) Occupations Before Presidency: Miner; Engineer Prepresidential Offices: Chairman of Commission for Relief in Belgium; United States food administrator; Chairman of Supreme Economic Council; Secretary of Commerce Inauguration Age: 54 Occupations After Presidency: Chairman of the Commission for Polish Relief; Chairman of Finnish Relief Fund; Coordinator of European Food Program; Chairman of Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of the Government (Hoover Commission); Writer Death: New York, New York, October 20, 1964 Place of Burial: Hoover Presidential Library, West Branch, Iowa
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