Herbert Hoover: Timeline

1928   U.S. presidential election, 1928: Republican Herbert Hoover wins by a wide margin over Democrat Alfred E. Smith.

1929   Herbert Hoover is inaugurated as the 31st President of the United States President of the United States

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, succeeding Calvin Coolidge Calvin Coolidge

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1929   Great Depression Great Depression

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: US President Herbert Hoover announces to U.S. Congress that the worst effects of the recent stock market Stock market

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 crash are behind the nation and the American people have regained faith in the economy Economics

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1930   U.S. President Herbert Hoover signs the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act into law.

1930   Great Depression Great Depression

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: US President Herbert Hoover goes before Congress and asks for a US$150 million public works program to help generate jobs and stimulate the economy Economics

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1932   U.S. president Herbert Hoover supports armament limitations.

1932   US President Herbert Hoover orders the United States Army United States Army

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 to forcibly evict the "Bonus Army" of World War I World War I

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 veterans gathered in Washington, DC. US troops dispersed the last of the "Bonus Army" the next day.

1932   U.S. presidential election, 1932: Franklin D. Roosevelt defeats Herbert Hoover in a landslide victory.

1933   US Congress United States Congress

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 votes favorably for Philippines Philippines

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 independence, against the view of president Hoover Herbert Hoover

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1964   Died