 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Mushure mesarudzo dza1920, Mutungamiri weRepublican achangobva kusarudzwa Warren G. Harding akagadza Hoover saGurukota rezvekutengeserana; Hoover akaramba achishanda pasi paMutungamiri Calvin Coolidge mushure mekufa kwaHarding muna 1923. Hoover akanga ari nhengo yehurumende yaishingaira uye yaioneka, achizivikanwa se Munyori weZvekutengeserana uye Under-Secretary yemamwe madhipatimendi ose. Akabatsira zvikuru pakuvandudzwa kwenzendo dzendege neredhiyo. Akatungamirira kupindura kwehurumende kuMafashamo Makuru eMississippi a1927. Hoover akakunda kusarudzwa kweRepublican musarudzo yemutungamiri wenyika ya1928, uye akakunda zvine mutsindo mukwikwidzi weDemocratic, Al Smith. Musika wemasheya wakaputsikaHoover achangotanga basa, uye Great Depression yakava nhau huru youtungamiri hwake. Hoover akatevera marongero akasiyana-siyana mukuedza kusimudza hupfumi, asi akaramba kubatanidza zvakananga hurumende yemubatanidzwa mukuedza kwekubatsira. 