President Hoover

President Hoover
noun
31st President of the United States; in 1929 the stock market crashed and the economy collapsed and Hoover was defeated for reelection by Franklin Roosevelt (1874-1964)

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  • Hoover Tower — is a 285 foot structure on the campus of Stanford University in Stanford, California. The tower is part of the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace, a research center founded by former U.S. president Herbert Hoover. Hoover Tower, which …   Wikipedia

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