ESTABLISHED: AUGUST 12, 1965
- Pre Presidency
- August 10, 1874: Born in West Branch, Iowa.
- 1891: Enrolled at Stanford University (graduated in 1895 as a geology and mining engineer).
- February 10, 1899: Married Lou Henry.
- 1914: Organized relief to help stranded Americans return home from Europe at the start of World War I.
- 1917: Appointed head of the U.S. Food Administration.
- 1921–1928: Served as U.S. Secretary of Commerce under Presidents Warren G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge
- Presidency (1929–1933)
- November 1928: Elected 31st U.S. President.
- March 4, 1929: Inaugurated as President.
- October 24–29, 1929: Wall Street Stock Market Crash begins the Great Depression.
- June 17, 1930: Signed the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act.
- January 1932: Signed the Reconstruction Finance Corporation Act to combat the economic crisis.
- July 1932: Ordered the military dispersal of the Bonus Army in Washington, D.C.
- November 1932: Defeated in his re-election bid by Franklin D. Roosevelt.
- March 4, 1933: Left office at the end of his presidential term
Father’s blacksmith shop
Furniture Herbert used as a child.
I thought this was an interesting sculpture to honor 1 of 2 quaker presidents. The other was Nixon.
HAPPY TRAILS, STEVE