Ocupation: 31st U.S. President
Life: August 10, 1874 - October 20, 1964
Birthday: August 10
Death: October 20
I come of Quaker stock. My ancestors were persecuted for their beliefs. Here they sought and found religious freedom. By blood and conviction I stand for religious tolerance both in act and in spirit.
source: Herbert Hoover (1929). “The New Day: Campaign Speeches of Herbert Hoover, 1928”, p.36, Stanford University Press
topic: Religious, Blood, Presidential, Quaker, Religious Tolerance