Herbert Hoover

Herbert Hoover (August 10, 1874 – October 20, 1964) was the 31st President of the United States (1929–1933).

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Hoover was faced with a potential economic depression in the late 1920's. Knowing that the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act would undermine the commitment he had pledged to international cooperation, Hoover announced to the nation via radio that he will veto the Tariff Act on October 1929. On the next trading day after Hoover's veto, the Dow Jones has recovered its losses.