President Herbert Hoover remains the only U.S. president to have been born in Iowa. On Aug. 10, his hometown will celebrate the 150th anniversary of his birth with Hoover's Hometown Days.

During the time in the early 1920s when legislation was being crafted to authorize a dam on the Colorado River, Herbert Hoover served as Secretary of Commerce for President Warren Harding.

Responding to Europe’s plight, Herbert Hoover helped organize and lead an international relief effort on an unprecedented scale. One hundred years ago today, the First World War ended in Europe.

WASHINGTON, March 4, 1929 (UP) -- With an extraordinary display of Republican pageantry, Herbert Hoover was today made the 30th president of the United States. Before a gathering at the foot of ...

The No. 4 seed Herbert Hoover Huskies took care of business Friday night in Class AAA Region 3 boys basketball tournament ...

The Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum, located at 210 Parkside Drive, West Branch, will remain open through Sunday, January 19, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The Herbert Hoover National ...

Grandson of Hoover Company’s founder, Herbert Hoover Jr. joined the family firm at a young age, working on the assembly line in summers between school. As he gradually moved up through the company, ...

It’s taken nearly two decades, but the Herbert Hoover Dike rehabilitation project is complete. The rehabilitation project started four presidents ago, in 2005.

There was a view that Hoover did too little, too late. In contrast to President Hoover, Roosevelt was charismatic and an effective public speaker. He toured the country meeting voters and ...

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.