Here is another Presidential house. Who do you think lived in it?

Here's the inside,

and the only bedroom,

and a machine his mother used to put money away for the children's education, after his dad died.

Yep, it's a sewing machine, so you know its in the late 1800's or early 1900's.

One more clue.

This is where they worshiped.

Note the sliding panels that allowed separation of men and women to prevent influence of one group upon the other's discussion & thoughts. 

Yes, he was a Quaker. And he was a Republican.

But no, he was not Richard Nixon.

It was Herbert Hoover….

elected right before the financial crash of 1929.

His life was not easy. His dad died. Then his mom. He was taken in by relatives in the Illinois village. Then an uncle in Oregon lost a son, so he asked to have 10 year old Herbert sent to him. 

And this how he got to the west coast, where his uncle was a school master. From there it was to Stanford and a geology degree. 

He got elected as a science and business type guy. So when the crash came, he thought paying off the nation's debt was the right thing to do. Things got worse and he got replaced by F. D. Roosevelt and his capital spending techniques.

Hoover was quite happy to have the opportunities he had in life. Here is what he said.

Like a Quaker, he was quite humble and interested in helping.
In his later years he did much to let children enjoy a more happy childhood. 

He was instrumental in forming the Boy's Club and UNICEF.

(PS If I had to choose a religions, I think I should look at this Quaker way of life.)

So, now you've seen 2 Presidents' homes. 

Both from Illinois, and both self-made men.