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Herbert Hoover: “His private life was characterized by a simplicity of virtue that won for him a place in the affection of his fellow…”

On the recordMarch 7, 1930
His private life was characterized by a simplicity of virtue that won for him a place in the affection of his fellow countrymen rarely equaled by any man.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

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Proclamation 1901—Announcing the Death of William Howard Taft

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