<p>On August 11, 1928, Herbert Hoover formally launched his campaign for the November presidential election that year. That’s right, the campaign kicked off less than three months before Election Day.  At that time in history, Presidential candidates were expected to modestly pretend they weren’t running until after the party conventions.  </p>

On August 11, 1928, Herbert Hoover formally launched his campaign for the November presidential election that year. That’s right, the campaign kicked off less than three months before Election Day. At that time in history, Presidential candidates were expected to modestly pretend they weren’t running until after the party conventions.

<p>On August 11, 1928, Herbert Hoover formally launched his campaign for the November presidential election that year. That’s right, the campaign kicked off less than three months before Election Day.&nbsp; At that time in history, Presidential candidates were expected to modestly pretend they weren’t running until after the party conventions. &nbsp;</p>

Kicking Off a Presidential Campaign

Hoover Headline stories tell a quick Herbert Hoover factoid most people have never heard about before. There's a lot of Hoover history you were never taught - here's an easy way to learn about this Iowa native born in a two room cottage, orphaned at age 9, and who went on to feed a billion starving people over his lifetime.

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