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Significant Acts
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Signed the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1929, farm relief legislation that provided for the purchase of surplus farm products.
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Signed the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act, which raised tariffs and contributed to the Great Depression.
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Created the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, a federal body that lent money to banks, railroads, and insurance companies.
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Used tanks and troops in 1932 to break up the 'Bonus Army,' a group of World War I veterans who sought promised payment of war certificates.
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Career
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1900 Defended city of Tianjin, China, during the Boxer Rebellion.
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1914-1918 Served in administrative posts during World War I.
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1918-1921 Served as chairman of the American Relief Administration to assist in administering aid to post-war Europe.
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1921-1928 Served as secretary of commerce under presidents Harding and Coolidge.
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1929-1933 President of the United States.
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1947-1945 and 1953-1955 Served as chairman of the Hoover Commission to increase efficiency in the executive branch.
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Did You Know
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Hoover and his wife, Lou Henry Hoover, translated from Latin a 16th-century book on mining called De Re Metallica.
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Hoover was the first president to have a telephone on his desk.
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The asteroid Hooveria, discovered in 1920, was named for Herbert Hoover.
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Hoover published more than 16 books, including Fishing for Fun-And to Wash Your Soul.
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