Born at West Branch, Iowa. Graduate of Stanford in 1895. Married Lou Henry February 10, 1899. They had two sons.

Employed as a mining engineer in Colorado and New Mexico. Worked as chief engineer for the Chinese Engineering and Mining Company. He lived in Peking during the Boxer Rebellion. He was a junior partner in Bewick, Moreing & Company until 1908.

In 1917 Hoover was appointed U.S. Food Administrator by President Wilson. He later worked as head of the American Relief Administration. Hoover was appointed Secretary of Commerce.

Hoover was nominated by the Republican party as their candidate for president in 1928. He was elected 31st President and served March 4, 1929, to March 3, 1933. He ran for reelection in 1932 but lost to Roosevelt.

In 1947 President Truman appointed Hoover Chairman of the Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of the Government. This became known as the "Hoover Commission." President Eisenhower appointed Hoover to a second Hoover Commission in 1953. Hoover died in New York City at age 90.

Hoover appears on the Presidential Medal (USM 130) with dies by John Ray Sinnock.

Hoover appears on the Assay Commission Medal for 1930 (AC-74) and 1931 (AC-75). The obverse used the same die by John Sinnock.

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