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title: "Who was president during the stock market crash of 1929?"  
description: "Who was president during the stock market crash of 1929?"  
author: "Ana Paulson"  
published: 2018-03-02  
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#  Who was president during the stock market crash of 1929?

Who was president during the stock market crash of 1929?

## Answers

### Answer by akriti kashyap

## Herbert Clark Hoover!

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Well, knowing about him more!!!

He was born on **August 10, 1874**, and he lived until **October 20, 1964**, was an **American architect**, **businessperson** and **government official** who filled in as the **31st President of the United States** from **1929** to **1933** amid the **Great Depression**. A Republican, as **Secretary of Commerce** in the **1920s** he presented **Progressive Era** subjects of productivity in the business group and gave government support to institutionalization, proficiency and global exchange.

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As president from 1929 to 1933, his household programs were eclipsed by the beginning of the Great Depression. Hoover was vanquished in an avalanche race in **1932** by **Democratic Franklin D. Roosevelt**. After this misfortune, Hoover turned out to be staunchly preservationist and supported against Roosevelt's New Deal.

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## Further, you can hit on the link below for more details on this Report:

[**Report on Stock Market Crash**](https://www.britannica.com/event/stock-market-crash-of-1929)

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## Cheers!


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