Raynors HCA 2018-10
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HOOVER, Herbert Clark (1874-1964) was an American engineer, businessman and politician who served as the 31st President of the United States from 1929 to 1933 during the Great Depression. A Republican, as Secretary of Commerce in the 1920s he introduced themes of efficiency in the business community and provided government support for standardization, efficiency and international trade. As president from 1929 to 1933, his domestic programs were overshadowed by the onset of the Great Depression. Hoover was defeated in a landslide election in 1932 by Democratic Franklin D. Roosevelt. After this loss, Hoover became staunchly conservative, and advocated against Roosevelt's New Deal policies. Autograph Letter Signed “HC Hoover” 1pp. octavo, March 31, 1909, addressed to Bewick, Moreing & Co., and reads in part: “...With regard to tthe Oroya Leonosa and Oroya Exploration Company directorships I would be obliged if you could see your way to approve my accepting directorships on these companies. Near fine condition. After graduating from Stanford University with a degree in geology, Herbert Hoover began employment with the Bewick, Moreing & Co. gold mining firm, who dispatched him to the lucrative gold field of Western Australia in 1897. He soon rose through the ranks of the company and eventually ventured out on his own as an independent mining consultant, a career which ultimately made him very wealthy.
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