Timeline of the Herbert Hoover presidency
The presidency of Herbert Hoover began on March 4, 1929, when Herbert Hoover was inaugurated as the 31st president of the United States, and ended on March 4, 1933.
| ||
---|---|---|
Secretary of Commerce
31st President of the United States
Appointments
Presidential campaigns
Post-presidency
![]() |
||
1929[]
- March 4 – Inauguration of Herbert Hoover
- July 27 - President Hoover forwards a statement to the White House, expressing appreciation for the debt funding agreement in the French debt settlement.[1]
- July 28 - President Hoover returns to Washington, D.C.[2]
- July 29 - President Hoover addresses the first meeting of a conference on child health and protection planning committee.[3]
- October 24 - Wall Street Crash of 1929 begins.
1930[]
- June 17 - The Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act is signed into law.[4]
- July 7 - Construction on the Hoover Dam begins.[5]
1931[]
- March 4 - The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem of the United States of America.[6]
- May 11 - Creditanstalt declares bankruptcy.
- September 29 - Britain abandons the gold standard.[7][8][9]
1932[]
- July 28 - Bonus Army protestors are cleared from Washington, D.C.
- November 8 - President Hoover loses by a landslide to New York's governor, Franklin D. Roosevelt.
1933[]
- January 23 - The Twentieth Amendment to the United States Constitution moved the beginning and ending of the terms of the president and vice president from March 4 to January 20, and of members of Congress from March 4 to January 3. It also has provisions that determine what is to be done when there is no president-elect.[10]
- March 4 – Franklin D. Roosevelt is inaugurated as the 32nd president of the United States.
References[]
- ^ "Hoover Praises Settlement of French War Debt". Chicago Tribune. July 28, 1929.
- ^ "Hoover Ends Outing, Remains Silent As To Army Reorganization". Chicago Tribune. July 29, 1929.
- ^ "Hoover Starts Child Health Group to Work". Chicago Tribune. July 30, 1929.
- ^ ch. 497, 46 Stat. 590, June 17, 1930, see 19 U.S.C. § 1654
- ^ "Building of Hoover Dam begins - Jul 07, 1930 - HISTORY.com". HISTORY.com. Retrieved 2017-02-25.
- ^ ""Star-Spangled Banner" Is Now Official Anthem". The Washington Post. March 5, 1931. p. 3.
- ^ "Chancellor's Commons Speech". Freetheplanet.net. Archived from the original on 2012-07-09. Retrieved 2012-07-09.
- ^ Eichengreen, Barry J. (September 15, 2008). Globalizing Capital: A History of the International Monetary System. Princeton University Press. pp. 61–. ISBN 978-0-691-13937-1. Retrieved November 23, 2010.
- ^ Officer, Lawrence. "Breakdown of the Interwar Gold Standard". Eh.net. Archived from the original on November 24, 2005. Retrieved 2012-07-09.
- ^ Constitution of the United States: Amendments 11-27 Archives.gov. Retrieved October 7, 2011
External links[]
Categories:
- 1929 in the United States
- 1930 in the United States
- 1931 in the United States
- 1932 in the United States
- 1933 in the United States
- United States presidency timelines
- Presidency of Herbert Hoover
- United States government stubs