EXCLUSIVE: If you ask a friend what they know about Herbert Hoover, you’ll get a few quick responses: "The Great Depression," "the stock market crash," "Hoovervilles!" But that’s only part of ...

Died: October 20, 1964 . Despite being at the helm of government when the stock market crashed and the Great Depression set in, Herbert Hoover was not the do-nothing president his detractors claimed.

The episode provides an in-depth analysis of the unprecedented economic challenges Hoover faced, including the stock market crash of 1929 and the ensuing Great Depression. Despite his well ...

Who are our greatest Presidents? What lessons can the modern-day business leader learn from our 47 Chiefs of State? Welcome to a new season of ...

In 1932, the topic of highest importance to Americans was the Great Depression, giving Democrats an advantage in securing their place in the White House. The incumbent, Herbert Hoover, was unpopular ...

The Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum gets an average of 30,000 to 35,000 visitors each year. But for the next year and a half, it won’t be getting any visitors. The museum will be closed ...

Herbert Hoover signed the retaliatory Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930, and it only made the Great Depression worse. Mark Benedict Barry Library of Congress Protectionism doesn’t work ...