During the time in the early 1920s when legislation was being crafted to authorize a dam on the Colorado River, Herbert Hoover served as Secretary of Commerce for President Warren Harding.

Court records said Herbert Hoover High School principal Michael ... when they approached his vehicle they noticed slowed speech, the smell of alcohol, bloodshot eyes and slow reactions.

Died: October 20, 1964 . Despite being at the helm of government when the stock market crashed and the Great Depression set in, Herbert Hoover was not the do-nothing president his detractors claimed.