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  2. Air Mail scandal - Wikipedia

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    Despite showing that Brown's administration of the air mail had increased the efficiency of the service and lowered its costs from $1.10 to $0.54 per mile, [4] and the obvious partisan politics involved in investigating what appeared to be a Republican scandal involving Herbert Hoover by a Democratic-controlled committee, the hearings raised ...

  3. Herbert Hoover - Wikipedia

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    Herbert Clark Hoover (August 10, 1874 – October 20, 1964) was the 31st president of the United States, serving from 1929 to 1933.A wealthy mining engineer before his presidency, Hoover led the wartime Commission for Relief in Belgium and was the director of the U.S. Food Administration, followed by post-war relief of Europe.

  4. Presidency of Herbert Hoover - Wikipedia

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    Hoover's first choice for Secretary of Agriculture was Charles McNary, author of the controversial McNary-Haugen Farm Relief Bill, which Hoover had strenuously opposed. The position instead went to Arthur Hyde , who was inexperienced regarding agricultural issues.

  5. 1928 Republican National Convention - Wikipedia

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    Convention Hall. The 1928 Republican National Convention was held at Convention Hall in Kansas City, Missouri, from June 12 to June 15, 1928. [1]Because President Calvin Coolidge had announced unexpectedly he would not run for re-election in 1928, Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover became the natural front-runner for the Republican nomination.

  6. Opinion: Herbert Hoover was a defender of the old order

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    Opinion: The president promoted equality of opportunity and liberty in the face of the New Deal, writes John Hendrickson.

  7. Herbert Hoover New Deal-era warnings offer key wisdom ... - AOL

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    Aug. 10, 2024, marks the sesquicentennial birthday of President Herbert Hoover. Honoring President Hoover on his 150th birthday is an opportunity to reflect on both his legacy and his wisdom.

  8. Charles Curtis - Wikipedia

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    The winning candidate, Herbert Hoover, secured 837 votes and had been the favorite for the nomination since August 1927, when President Calvin Coolidge took himself out of contention. Curtis was a leader of the anti-Hoover movement and had formed an alliance with two of his Senate colleagues, Guy Goff and James E. Watson , as well as Governor ...

  9. Failed assassination attempts, like the plot against Herbert ...

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    President-elect Herbert Hoover left, sails aboard the battleship USS Utah in 1928 with his wife, Lou Henry Hoover, and Henry T. Fletcher, ambassador to Italy. Hoover, during a South American ...