Editing Herbert Hoover (section)

==Marriage and family==
[[File:Lou Henry Hoover House, 623 Mirada Rd., Stanford, CA 6-3-2012 3-31-07 PM.JPG|left|thumb|The [[Lou Henry Hoover House]] in [[Stanford, California]], the couple's first and only permanent residence]]

During his senior year at Stanford, Hoover became smitten with a classmate named [[Lou Henry Hoover|Lou Henry]], though his financial situation precluded marriage at that time.{{sfn|Leuchtenburg 2009|pp=6–9}} The daughter of a banker from [[Monterey, California]], Lou Henry decided to study geology at Stanford after attending a lecture delivered by [[John Casper Branner|John C. Branner]].{{sfn|Whyte 2017|pp=43–44}} Immediately after earning a promotion in 1898, Hoover cabled Lou Henry, asking her to marry him. After she cabled back her acceptance of the proposal, Hoover briefly returned to the United States for their wedding.{{sfn|Leuchtenburg 2009|pp=10–13}} They would remain married until Lou Henry Hoover's death in 1944.{{sfn|Whyte 2017|p=109}}

Though his Quaker upbringing strongly influenced his career, Hoover rarely attended Quaker meetings during his adult life.{{sfn|Whyte 2017|pp=109, 123, 369–370}}<ref name="millerlbp">{{cite web |last1=Hamilton |first1=David E. |title=Herbert Hoover: Life Before the Presidency |url=https://millercenter.org/president/hoover/life-before-the-presidency |website=Miller Center |date=October 4, 2016 |access-date=February 19, 2019}}</ref> Hoover and his wife had two children: [[Herbert Hoover Jr.]] (born in 1903) and [[Allan Henry Hoover]] (born in 1907).{{sfn|Leuchtenburg 2009|pp=10–13}} The Hoover family began living in London in 1902, though they frequently traveled as part of Hoover's career.{{sfn|Whyte 2017|pp=90, 96, 103}} After 1916, the Hoovers began living in the United States, maintaining homes in [[Stanford, California]], and Washington, D.C.{{sfn|Whyte 2017|pp=182–183, 207–208, 312}} Hoover's great-granddaughter (through Allan) is [[Conservatism in the United States|conservative]] political commentator, strategist, media personality and author [[Margaret Hoover]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Hoover |first=Bob |title=Fox News contributor Margaret Hoover defends her great-grandfather: President Hoover |newspaper=[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]] |date=July 24, 2011 |url=http://www.post-gazette.com/ae/book-reviews/2011/07/24/Fox-News-contributor-Margaret-Hoover-defends-her-great-grandfather-President-Hoover/stories/201107240197 |access-date=November 15, 2018}}</ref>

Hoover's elder brother Theodore also studied mining engineering at Stanford, and returned there to become dean of the engineering school. In retirement, Theodore bought a large property on the remote north coast of Santa Cruz County. The [[Theodore J. Hoover Natural Preserve]] is now part of [[Big Basin State Park]].