What did Herbert Hoover think of FDR?

The best analogy to describe their relationship between 1933 and 1945 is to think of it this way: Herbert Hoover was Franklin Roosevelt's John McCain, a knee-jerk critic of everything the president who defeated him did, while FDR treated Hoover much as Ronald Reagan did Jimmy Carter, as a convenient punching bag and national laughingstock. read more

Hoover was correct when he predicted that the role of American government would fundamentally change because of the New Deal. A full transcript is available for Hoover’s letter to Louis Emmerson. TRANSCRIPT Herbert Hoover to Louis L. Emmerson, July 10, 1931. July 10, 1931. Confidential. Hon. Louis L. Emmerson Governor of Illinois Springfield, Ill. read more

HERBERT HOOVER WHO FDR WAS FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT Herbert Hoover had held cabinet positions for previous Presidents Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge. A Republican, Hoover ran programs during World War I to help ease hunger abroad and was a well-respected business man. read more