1929 Herbert Clark Hoover was elected the 31st President

Born West Branch, Iowa; August 10, 1874 – October 20, 1964 to a Quaker family, was a professional mining engineer. Hoover, who had made a small fortune in mining, was the first of two Presidents to redistribute their salary (President Kennedy was the other; he donated all his paychecks to charity). He is generally ranked lower than average among U.S. Presidents.