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 ...

Died: October 20, 1964 . Despite being at the helm of government when the stock market crashed and the Great Depression set in, Herbert Hoover was not the do-nothing president his detractors claimed.

Responding to Europe’s plight, Herbert Hoover helped organize and lead an international relief effort on an unprecedented scale. One hundred years ago today, the First World War ended in Europe.

The speaker was Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who was at home in Albany with his friend and advisor Felix Frankfurter, ...

He failed to mention that Herbert Hoover was one of those men. Few doubted that Ickes’ action was politically motivated and personally charged; he didn’t like Hoover and rejected the notion of ...

Grandson of Hoover Company’s founder, Herbert Hoover Jr. joined the family firm at a young age, working on the assembly line in summers between school. As he gradually moved up through the company, ...

There was a view that Hoover did too little, too late. In contrast to President Hoover, Roosevelt was charismatic and an effective public speaker. He toured the country meeting voters and ...

In the 1932 presidential election, Democratic New York Governor Franklin Roosevelt unseated incumbent Republican President Herbert Hoover in a landslide in both the popular vote and the Electoral ...

ELKVIEW, W.Va. — Class AAA No. 4 Herbert Hoover found the end zone three times in the first quarter and five times in the first half en route to a 49-0 win over Class AA No. 6 Wayne. The Huskies ...

The speaker was Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who was at home in Albany with his friend and advisor Felix Frankfurter, monitoring radio reports of a political disaster unfolding in Herbert Hoover's ...