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 ...

During the time in the early 1920s when legislation was being crafted to authorize a dam on the Colorado River, Herbert Hoover served as Secretary of Commerce for President Warren Harding. Hoover was ...

Donald Trump is known for his affinity for golf, Theodore Roosevelt had a White House fight club, and Gerald Ford turned down recruitment offers from two NFL teams, but only one U.S. president has an ...

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 ...

President Herbert Hoover remains the only U.S. president to have been born in Iowa. On Aug. 10, his hometown will celebrate the 150th anniversary of his birth with Hoover's Hometown Days. Born in 1874 ...