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Hoover was quite wealthy when he was elected. The value of the dollar was much greater in those days-- I do not think he was a billionaire, just a multi-millionaire,
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Who was elected president without holding an elected office before?
Presidents who did not hold elected office before they were President are Zachary Taylor, Ulysses Grant, Herbert Hoover and Dwight Eisenhower.
What political office did Herbert Hoover hold?
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.
What president lived in Washington state before they were elected?
No US president lived in Washington state. Herbert Hoover lived in Oregon as a boy.
Who died before Roosevelt became president?
Herbert Hoover
Who was the head of the Food Administration during World War 1?
Herbert Hoover before he was president. Woodrow Wilson was president at the time
Who was first as president Herbert Hoover or Franklin Roosevelt?
Hoover was president immediately before Franklin Roosevelt.
He spend any military herbert c hoover?
Herbert C. Hoover was in the military before he became president. He was the 31st President of the United States from 1929 until 1933.
What political party was herbert hoover in?
Herbert Hoover was elected President of the United States as a member of the Republican Party in the 1928 Presidential Election.Before his run for election in 1928, he had previously been offered the democratic ballot in at least one earlier election and refused.Furthermore, his career before the great Depression marked him as a "progressive" and a "reformer" among conservatives. This left his political affiliation "suspect" in the eyes of some in both parties, however, he was elected as a Republican.
Did Herbert Hoover work for Kirby?
No. He was a mining engineer before he got into government.
What made Herbert Hoover a great president?
Herbert hoover was a great president because he helped Americans
What President never voted before becoming President?
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.
How many presidents held political office before being elected 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.
