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Hoover was Secretary of Commerce for 8 years under Harding and Coolidge. This was his only experience in Washington. He never held any elected office before he was elected President.
Hoover was the president when the Great Depression hit.
Presidents who did not hold elected office before they were President are Zachary Taylor, Ulysses Grant, Herbert Hoover and Dwight Eisenhower.
The answer is that several presidents had not previously held elected public office before becoming President: Zachary Taylor, U.S. Grant, William Howard Taft [although he was governor-general of the Philippines], Herbert Hoover, and Dwight Eisenhower. This now includes Donald Trump.
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When Hoover was president, Charles Curtis was the Vice President. Before Hoover's administration, Coolidge's Vice President, Charles Gates Dawes was the Vice President.
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The 31st President of the United States was Herbert Hoover. President Hoover was in office from March 4, 1929 to March 4, 1933.
He held no political office before becoming President
All but 4 of the 43 Presidents held an elected office before they were President. Those that did not were Taylor, Grant, Hoover and Eisenhower. George Washington did not serve any elected office under the US Constitution, but he was elected to serveral positions in the colonial government. Herbert Hoover was Secretary of Commerce which is a national office, but is not elected.
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Hoover was elected President on November 6, 1928. He took office on March 4, 1929.