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Herbert was born in a small cottage in, West Branch, Iowa
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Jesse died from typhoid fever
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It was a sad day because Hulda, Herbert's mother had died from this disease.
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Herbert moved to Newburg, Oregon with his uncle John Minthorn, Lou Henry's brother, originally Lou Minthorn.
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Herbert entered into Stanford University to get a degree in gelogy, he was successful.
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Herbert Hoover graduates at Stanford University and gets a degree for geology.
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Herbert marries Lou Henry, in the parlor of her parents’ home in Monterey, California.
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Herbert and Lou Henry leave for China, where Herbert has been assigned to fakely be a mining consultant to the Chinese government.
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Hoover becomes a partner in Bewick, Moering and Co. and travels all over the world supervising the firm’s rules and operations.
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Son Herbert Hoover, Jr. is born in London. (city not added)
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The Hoovers' had a second son shortly after, son Allan Hoover is also born in London. (city not added)
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Hoover retires from Bewick, Moreing and began his own engineering system with offices in the U.S. and Europe. He was known as the “Doctor of Sick Mines.”
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At the beginning of World War I, Herbert organizes and directs the American Citizens’ Relief Committee that helps tens of thousands of Americans stranded in Europe to return home.
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Hoover organizes and directs the Commission for Relief in Belgium, and provides food to nine million people in Belgium and northern France.
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President Harding assigns Herbert as chairman of the Colorado River Commission. The commission will resolve a number of issues and make it possible to build the Hoover Dam.
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Herbert agrees to be president of the American Child Health Association, which is a company that advocates and educates regarding child health problems.
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Son Herbert Hoover, Jr. marries Margaret Eva Watson at the Stanford University Chapel in Palo Alto, California. Margaret and Herbert Jr. were perfect for each other. Herbert and Lou, didn't even ask questions, the marriage was final.
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Hoover formally announces his candidacy for President of the United States.
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Herbert is elected President of the United States. After announcing he was running more people noticed how good of a guy he was. That made him very popular for votes.
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Herbert is indeed selected as the thirty-first President of the United States. He was very expexted in his work. He also was happy with his work himself.
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Herbert loses his bid for re-election to Franklin D. Roosevelt. Herbert very badly wanted a re-election for another chance. Herbert did not try again because he felt he was a step behind on what Franklin's new ideas.
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In Herbert last official act, Hoover serves as the United States’s representative to the World’s Fair. As this is his last event, he served it well.
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Herbert is joined by his friend Harry Truman to see the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum in West Branch, Iowa. It was dedicated to him. He was honored!
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Herbert Clark Hoover died October 20, 1964. Herbert Hoover dies in New York City at the age of 90. After ceremonies in New York and Washington, D.C., he is buried in West Branch, Iowa. Herbert died from internal bleeding.
