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Hoover’s reputation as a humanitarian faded from public consciousness when his administration proved unable to alleviate widespread joblessness, homelessness, and hunger in his own country during the early years of the Great Depression. True, Hoover did preside over the worst economic catastrophe in our nation’s history. Glen Jeansonne’s biography of the man who was chief executive from 1929 to 1933 is a cri de coeur over what the author sees as a grievous injustice. Early Life and Childhood Less than seven months after his inauguration, the worst depression in American history began. The role of Herbert Hoover in the history of the United States of America. President Herbert Hoover had the distinction of stepping into the White House at the height of one of the longest periods of growth in American history. President Herbert Hoover had the distinction of stepping into the White House at the height of one of the longest periods of growth in American history. “Herbert Hoover is usually ranked near the bottom of American presidents. President Herbert Hoover had the distinction of stepping into the White House at the height of one of the longest periods of growth in American history. After majoring in geology at Stanford and graduating in 1895, Hoover struggled to find a job as a surveyor and went to work pushing ore carts at a gold mine near Nevada City, California. It was during his term (March 4, 1929 – March 3, 1933) that the stock market crashed and led the country into the infamous Great Depression.. Herbert Hoover was the 31st president of the United States (1929–1933), whose term was notably marked by the stock market crash of 1929 and the beginnings of the Great Depression. 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