President Herbert Hoover remains the only U.S. president to have been born in Iowa. On Aug. 10, his hometown will celebrate the 150th anniversary of his birth with Hoover's Hometown Days.

Legacy: Herbert C. Hoover dealt with U.S. foreign relations by relying on the power of negotiation rather than the use of force. Hoover was an organizational genius who as chief executive practiced ...

Herbert Hoover Jr. joined the family firm at a young age, working on the assembly line in summers between school. As he gradually moved up through the company, succeeding his father as president in ...