Were there any positives in the presidency of Republican Herbert Hoover?

Question

What was his legacy? Besides the great depression.
Did anything good come out of it?

He didn't cause the crash, nor the depression. BUT he did little to ease the pain. Thank God for FDR.

Answer 1

Even if the Hoover presidency has a negative imprint on it, it must be noted that there were some important reforms under the Hoover administration.

The President expanded civil service coverage, cancelled private oil leases on government lands and led the way for the prosecution of gangster Al Capone. He appointed a commission which set aside 3 million acres (12,000 km²) of national parks and 2.3 million acres (9,000 km²) of national forests; advocated tax reduction for low-income Americans; doubled the numbers of veteran hospital facilities; negotiated a treaty on St. Lawrence Seaway (which failed in the U.S. Senate); signed an act that made The Star-Spangled Banner the national anthem; wrote a Children's Charter that advocated protection of every child regardless of race or gender; built the San Francisco Bay Bridge; created an antitrust division in the Justice Department; required air mail carriers to improve service; proposed federal loans for urban slum clearances; organized the Federal Bureau of Prisons; reorganized the Bureau of Indian Affairs; proposed a federal Department of Education; advocated fifty-dollar-per-month pensions for Americans over 65; chaired White House conferences on child health, protection, homebuilding and homeownership; and signed the Norris-La Guardia Act that limited judicial intervention in labor disputes.

Answer 2

Signed the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1929, farm relief legislation that provided for the purchase of surplus farm products.
Signed the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act, which raised tariffs and contributed to the Great Depression.
Created the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, a federal body that lent money to banks, railroads, and insurance companies.

Used tanks and troops in 1932 to break up the 'Bonus Army,' a group of World War I veterans who sought promised payment of war certificates

My Great grandfather was in WW1 and I had heard of the troops used on WW! veterans the Government cheated.
The Stock Market crashed, so did the people who lost everything..they jumped out of sky scrappers higher floors.
The great migration to California from the Dust Bowl States , homeless, hungry people everywhere, no work, young men, Vets, husbands and fathers riding the rails looking for work. Railroad bulls (men) beating them senseless when they caught them.
Hoover got elected by campaigning with, "A chicken in every pot!". No chicken, no pot to pee in, no window to throw it out of!
The Hoover Presidency was a horrible disaster!

Answer 3

According to wikipedia:
1) The President expanded civil service coverage
2) Cancelled private oil leases on government lands
3) Led the way for the prosecution of gangster Al Capone.
4) Appointed a commission which set aside 3 million acres (12,000 km²) of national parks and 2.3 million acres (9,000 km²) of national forests;
5) Advocated tax reduction for low-income Americans;
6) Doubled the numbers of veteran hospital facilities;
7) Signed an act that made The Star-Spangled Banner the national anthem;
8) Wrote a Children's Charter that advocated protection of every child regardless of race or gender;
9) Built the San Francisco Bay Bridge;
10) Created an antitrust division in the Justice Department;
11) Proposed federal loans for urban slum clearances;
12) Organized the Federal Bureau of Prisons;
12) Reorganized the Bureau of Indian Affairs;
13) proposed a federal Department of Education;
14) Advocated fifty-dollar-per-month pensions for Americans over 65;
15) Signed the Norris-La Guardia Act that limited judicial intervention in labor disputes.

As far as doing little about the depression:
The following is an outline of some of the actions Hoover took to try to help end the Depression through government taxing and spending:

1. Signed the Emergency Relief and Construction Act, the nation's first Federal unemployment assistance.
2. Increased public works spending. Some of Hoover's efforts to stimulate the economy through public works are as follows:
1. Asked Congress for a $400 million increase in the Federal Building Program
2. Directed the Department of Commerce to establish a Division of Public Construction in December 1929
3. Increased subsidies for ship construction through the Federal Shipping Board
4. Urged the state governors to also increase their public works spending, though many failed to take any action.
3. Signed the Federal Home Loan Bank Act establishing the Federal Home Loan Bank system to assist citizens in obtaining financing to purchase a home.
4. Increased subsidies to the nation's struggling farmers with the Agricultural Marketing Act; but with only limited impact.
5. Established the President's Emergency Relief Organization to coordinate local private relief efforts resulting in over 3,000 relief committees across the U.S.
6. Authorized the repatriation to Mexico of 1-2 million people living in barrios throughout California, Texas and Michigan, 60% of whom were U.S. citizens of Mexican-descent, in an effort to ease unemployment.
7. Urged bankers to form the National Credit Corporation to assist banks in financial trouble and protect depositors' money.
8. Actively encouraged businesses to maintain high wages during the Depression, in line with the philosophy, called Fordism, that high wages create prosperity. Most corporations maintained their workers' wages early in the Depression in the hope that more money into the pockets of consumers would end the economic downturn.
9. Signed the Reconstruction Finance Act. This act established the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, which made loans to the states for public works and unemployment relief. In addition, the corporation made loans to banks, railroads and agriculture credit organizations.
10. Raised tariffs. After hearings held by the House Ways and Means Committee generated more than 20,000 pages of testimony regarding tariff protection, Congress responded with legislation that Hoover signed despite some misgivings. Instead of protecting American jobs, the Smoot-Hawley tariff is widely blamed for setting off a worldwide trade war which only worsened the country's (and the world's) economic ills.

Take what you will from it.

Answer 4

Hi Anthony! I agree, thank-God, for FDR!!! Franklin D. Roosevelt,was indeed, a good president!! Have a Good one, for me!! By Now.......Christy...

Answer 5

The rich got richer.

Answer 6

who? was not born

Answer 7

No,he was just another loser republican!