John Adams drew inspiration from two-millennia ... they believed that books would make the man. For instance, Herbert Hoover, an orphan, read assiduously to escape a lonely childhood.

In the past two hundred years alone, more than a dozen major trade wars have taken place. The most infamous is the Smoot-Hawley Act in 1930. In the decade that preceded it, Warren G Harding, the 29th ...

The anachronistic, slyly funny slogans like “Re-elect Herbert Hoover: Prohibition. Optimism,” with its dour portrait of the 31st president, made me laugh. The “Theodore Roosevelt ...

other commanders in chief who fished seriously include John Quincy Adams, Grover Cleveland, Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover, Dwight Eisenhower and George H.W. Bush. The experiences of these ...

This sounds surprising, as some of the most notable names in American history — Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, John Quincy ... of Commerce Herbert Hoover. Perhaps it is revealing ...

Eventually, the 1828 Tariff, approved during the presidency of John Quincy Adams, caused a Nullification ... signed into law by former US President Herbert Hoover on June 17, 1930, following the stock ...

For some people, becoming president of the United States marks the apex of their ambition. However, it is not always the high point of their careers in public service. Perhaps the clearest ...

The Adams family — John, Abigail, and their descendants, including the nation’s sixth president, John Quincy Adams — embodied the intellectual fortitude and moral courage that defined ...

For some people, becoming president of the United States marks the apex of their ambition. However, it is not always the high point of their careers in public service. Perhaps the clearest ...

Eight decades ago, Herbert Hoover, by then a private citizen, twice put forward his own such ideas. His proposals were informed by deep engineering knowledge and a heartfelt humanitarian concern ...

ELKVIEW, W.Va. — Independence had a prime opportunity to pull even or ahead during the top of the fifth inning in Wednesday’s matchup at Herbert Hoover. After the Patriots failed to do so ...