>> Grew up in Oregon, son of a Quaker blacksmith.
>> Enrolled at Stanford University 1891 where he met his future wife, Lou Henry.
>> He graduated in 1895 with a degree in geology and started working as a mining consultant .
>> He first worked for the United States Geological Survey in the Sierra Nevada range and the then went on to work for Bewick, a London-based mine operator who sent him to the Sons of Gwalia gold mine in Western Australia. He also work at gold mines in Big Bell, Coolgardie, Menzies, Leonora and Cue.
>> In 1899 he married Lou Henry and then they moved to China where Hoover worked as leading engineer for a private corporation.
>> The Hoovers we’re in Tianjin, China during the Boxer Rebellion.
>>Appointed head of the Food Administration during WWI.
>> Served as United States Secretary of Commerce in the 1920s under Presidents Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge.
>> Hoover then was nominated the Republican Presidential Candidate in 1928 and won against Democratic candidate Alfred E. Smith.
>> The Stock Market Crash of 1929 took place during his first term in office and was largely the reason he was not elected for a second term.
>> He died in New York City on October 20, 1964 at 90 years old.
Hoover's Wife, Lou Henry Hoover, and their sons
