Timeline of the Herbert Hoover presidency
Appearance
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The presidency of Herbert Hoover began on March 4, 1929, and ended on March 4, 1933, when Franklin D. Roosevelt was inaugurated as 32nd President of the United States.
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.[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.
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- ^ 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
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