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John Michiner Haines (1863-1917) —
also known as John M. Haines —
of Boise, Ada
County, Idaho.
Born in Jasper
County, Iowa, January
1, 1863.
Republican. Mayor of
Boise, Idaho, 1907-09; Governor of
Idaho, 1913-15; defeated, 1914.
Quaker.
Died in Boise, Ada
County, Idaho, June 4,
1917 (age 54 years, 154
days).
Interment at Morris
Hill Cemetery, Boise, Idaho.
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Herbert Clark Hoover (1874-1964) —
also known as Herbert Hoover; "The Great
Engineer"; "The Grand Old Man" —
of Palo Alto, Santa
Clara County, Calif.; Pasadena, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in West Branch, Cedar
County, Iowa, August
10, 1874.
Republican. Mining engineer;
candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1920;
U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1921-28; President
of the United States, 1929-33; defeated, 1932; speaker,
Republican National Convention, 1940,
1952,
1960.
Quaker. Swiss and
Dutch
ancestry.
Inducted into the National Mining Hall of
Fame, Leadville, Colorado.
Died, of intestinal
cancer, in his suite at the Waldorf Towers Hotel,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
20, 1964 (age 90 years, 71
days).
Interment at Herbert
Hoover National Historic Site, West Branch, Iowa.
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Relatives: Son
of Jesse Clark Hoover and Hulda Randall (Minthorn) Hoover; married,
February
10, 1899, to Lou
Hoover; father of Herbert
Clark Hoover Jr.; distant cousin *** of Charles
Lewis Hoover. |
| | | Political family: Hoover
family of Palo Alto, California. |
| | | Cross-reference: Horace
A. Mann — Walter
H. Newton — Christian
A. Herter — Lewis
L. Strauss — Clarence
C. Stetson |
| | | Hoover Dam
(built 1931-36 as Boulder Dam; renamed 1947), on the Colorado River
between Clark
County, Nevada, and Mohave
County, Arizona, is named for
him. — Herbert Hoover High
School, in Glendale,
California, is named for
him. — Herbert Hoover High
School, in Des
Moines, Iowa, is named for
him. — Herbert Hoover High
School, in San Diego,
California, is named for
him. — Herbert Hoover High
School, in Fresno,
California, is named for
him. — Herbert Hoover High
School, in Elkview,
West Virginia, is named for
him. — The minor
planets (asteroids) 932 Hooveria (discovered 1920), and
1363 Herberta (discovered 1935), are named for
him. |
| | | Campaign slogan (1928): "A chicken in
every pot." |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books by Herbert Hoover: The
Ordeal of Woodrow Wilson |
| | | Books about Herbert Hoover: Martin L.
Fausold, The
Presidency of Herbert C. Hoover — Joan Hoff Wilson, Herbert
Hoover : Forgotten Progressive — George H. Nash, Life
of Herbert Hoover : The Humanitarian, 1914-1917 —
George H. Nash, The
Life of Herbert Hoover : Masters of Emergencies,
1917-1918 — William E. Leuchtenburg, Herbert
Hoover: The 31st President, 1929-1933 — Glen
Jeansonne, The
Life of Herbert Hoover: Fighting Quaker, 1928-1933 —
Kendrick A. Clements, The
Life of Herbert Hoover: Imperfect Visionary,
1918-1928 — David Holford, Herbert
Hoover (for young readers) |
| | | Image source: U.S. postage stamp
(1965) |
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Paul M. Walter (b. 1904) —
of Union, Hardin
County, Iowa.
Born in Marshall
County, Iowa, December
14, 1904.
Republican. Farmer;
member of Iowa
state house of representatives from Hardin County, 1949-51;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1960.
Quaker. Member, Freemasons;
Farm
Bureau.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Warren Walter and Iva Walter; married 1927 to Mary
Brindle. |
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