<P> Herbert Clark Hoover ( August 10 , 1874 -- October 20 , 1964 ) was an American engineer , businessman and politician who served as the 31st president of the United States from 1929 to 1933 during the Great Depression . A Republican , as Secretary of Commerce in the 1920s he introduced Progressive Era themes of efficiency in the business community and provided government support for standardization , efficiency and international trade . As president from 1929 to 1933 , his domestic programs were overshadowed by the onset of the Great Depression . Hoover was defeated in a landslide election in 1932 by Democratic Franklin D. Roosevelt . After this loss , Hoover became staunchly conservative , and advocated against Roosevelt 's New Deal . </P>
<P> Herbert Clark Hoover ( August 10 , 1874 -- October 20 , 1964 ) was an American engineer , businessman and politician who served as the 31st president of the United States from 1929 to 1933 during the Great Depression . A Republican , as Secretary of Commerce in the 1920s he introduced Progressive Era themes of efficiency in the business community and provided government support for standardization , efficiency and international trade . As president from 1929 to 1933 , his domestic programs were overshadowed by the onset of the Great Depression . Hoover was defeated in a landslide election in 1932 by Democratic Franklin D. Roosevelt . After this loss , Hoover became staunchly conservative , and advocated against Roosevelt 's New Deal . </P>
who was the 31st president of the united states
who was the 31st president of the united states
Herbert Clark Hoover
Herbert Clark Hoover