In 1860, Republican Abraham Lincoln was elected 16th president of the United States. In 1861, Jefferson Davis was elected ...

Herbert Hoover was the 31st President of the United States. He was known as "the great humanitarian," largely because of his work during World War I and the years following his presidency. Hoover was ...

HERBERT HOOVER IN THE WHITE HOUSE: The Ordeal of the Presidency. By Charles Rappleye. 469 pages. $32.50. In the late 1920s, Herbert Hoover was one of the most revered men in America, if not the world.

On this day in history, Oct. 22, 1928, Republican presidential nominee Herbert Hoover spoke of the "American system of rugged individualism" in a speech at New York's Madison Square Garden, according ...

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This column was written by William E. Leuchtenburg. At various points throughout his administration, George W. Bush has been likened to Abraham Lincoln and Harry Truman, to Teddy Roosevelt and William ...

CLEWISTON, Fla. — Florida Sen. Rick Scott was in South Florida on Tuesday where he toured the Herbert Hoover Dike. Scott was joined by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and local officials during his ...

On March 4, 1933, President Herbert Hoover and President-elect Franklin Roosevelt sat next to each other in an open car in stony silence for the short ride from the White House to the Capitol for ...

Herbert Hoover’s great-granddaughter is fed up with the former president’s name being used as political cannon fodder, telling Democrats to “just bury the 90-year-old talking point.” Political pundit ...