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(1865-1923) Harding, Warren Gamaliel: Life FactsPersonal: • First Lady: Florence "Fossie" Mabel Kling Harding, Wife • Number of Children: 1 • Education Level: College • School Attended: Ohio Central College |
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(1872-1933) Coolidge, CalvinCoolidge, (John) Calvin (1872-1933), 30th president of the United States, who served during the relatively prosperous and peaceful years of 1923-29. In a rapidly changing society, he expressed traditional small-town values. |
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(1872-1933) Coolidge, Calvin: Life FactsPersonal: • First Lady: Grace Anna Goodhue Coolidge, Wife • Wife's Maiden Name: Grace Goodhue • Number of Children: 2 • Education Level: College |
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(1874-1964) Hoover, Herbert ClarkHoover, Herbert Clark (1874-1964), 31st president of the United States (1929-33), who held office during the early part of the Great Depression and presided over the transition from a business-managed economy to the government intervention of the New Deal. Hoover was born on August 10, 1874, in West Branch, Iowa. His parents and most of his close relatives were rural Quakers, an influence that was decisive and lifelong. Entering Stanford University with that institution's first freshman class, Hoover studied geology and mining. There he met Lou Henry, then the only woman geology major attending Stanford, who later became (1897) his wife. |
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(1874-1964) Hoover, Herbert Clark: Life FactsPersonal: • First Lady: Lou Henry Hoover, Wife • Wife's Maiden Name: Lou Henry • Number of Children: 2 • Education Level: College • School Attended: Stanford University • Religion: Quaker |
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(1882-1945) Roosevelt, Franklin DRoosevelt, Franklin Delano (1882-1945), 32nd president of the United States (1933-45); elected for an unprecedented four terms, he was one of the 20th century's most skillful political leaders. His New Deal program, a response to the Great Depression, utilized the federal government as an instrument of social and economic change in contrast to its traditionally passive role. Then, in World War II, he led the Allies in their defeat of the Axis powers. |
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(1882-1945) Roosevelt, Franklin D Life FactsPersonal: • First Lady: Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, Wife • Wife's Maiden Name: Anna Eleanor Roosevelt • Number of Children: 5 • Education Level: College • School Attended: Harvard University • Religion: Episcopalian |
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(1884-1972) Truman, Harry STruman, Harry S. (1884-1972), 33rd president of the United States (1945-53), who initiated the cold war foreign policy of containing communism and continued the modest welfare state established under President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal. His decisiveness and willingness to accept responsibility for difficult decisions contributed to the trend begun under Roosevelt toward the centralization of power in the executive branch. |
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