“About the time we think we can make ends meet, somebody moves the ends.” This quote, once said by Herbert Hoover, might explain why the Great Depression lasted so long. Before Hoover's presidency, he was already known for doing work with Woodrow Wilson. During his presidency, he made many new laws and tried to help make the Depression end. After he was defeated for presidency, he continued to try to make America better, in spite of his many health problems. President Hoover had achieved many things, but ending the Great Depression was not one of them. Herbert Clark Hoover was born on August 10th, 1874 in West Branch, Iowa, to Jesse and Hulda Hoover. He had 2 siblings: Theodore, who was 3 years older than him, and Mary, who was two years younger …show more content…
Hoover and his siblings all went to live with different relatives in West Branch. By the time he was eleven, Hoover left West Branch for good and went to live with John and Laura Minthorn, his maternal uncle and aunt. President Hoover was in the first class of Stanford University with a major in geology, in which he fell in love with Lou Henry. He graduated on May 26, 1895 with an A.B. Degree. He was employed by the Reward Mine in California and traveled the world managing mines, but was later reemployed by the mining firm of Bewick in 1897 and stayed in Australia for 2 years searching for gold. On February 10, 1899, President Hoover married Lou Henry, whom he met in his geology class, and 3 years later, their first child Herbert Clark Hoover Jr. was born. In 1907, Allan Henry Hoover was born. In 1914, Hoover organized the American Relief Committee to help Americans stranded in Europe return after WWI, and soon after that was appointed food administrator by President Woodrow Wilson in 1917. Hoover was also chairman of the unemployment conference in Washington, DC. In 1920, all of these things went into play when he prepared to run in the presidential race. Hoover formally ran for president in