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After the United States entered the war in April 1917, President Woodrow Wilson appointed Hoover to head the U.S. Food Administration, which was created under the Lever Food Control Act in 1917. This was a position he actively sought, though he later claimed it was thrust upon him.
1 Herbert Hoover was the first President born west of the Mississippi River and the only President born in Iowa. 2  Herbert Hoover was the first President to have a telephone on his desk in the Oval Office. 3  To help President Hoover stay fit, White House doctor Cdr. Herbert Hoover was the first President born west of the Mississippi River and the only President born in Iowa. 2  Herbert Hoover was the first President to have a telephone on his desk in the Oval Office. 3  To help President Hoover stay fit, White House doctor Cdr.