Opinion - Don’t write Democrats off as hopeless losers: Lessons of 1928-1932

The pundits have decided: The Democratic Party is dead. No one likes them. No one knows what they stand for. Young people ...
Des Moines Register

Historic front page from the Des Moines Register, Nov. 7, 1928: Hoover elected president

The Register reports on Nov. 7, 1928, that Herbert Hoover has been elected president. Iowa-born Hoover, a Republican, is the only Iowan ever to have occupied the Oval Office. He serves just one term ...
Valley News Live

Countdown to 47: Herbert Hoover, the Thirty-First President

FARGO, N.D. (Valley News Live) - Next up is “The Great Humanitarian” - Herbert Hoover. Before becoming the 31st president - Hoover was the son of a blacksmith. His father died when he was six and his ...
Omaha.com

Herbert peaked following Hoover's election, crashed along with the stock market

Happy birthday to the only Iowa native to become President of the United States! Herbert Hoover (1874-1964), the 31st president, was born in West Branch August 10, 1874. Flanked by two Omaha ...