Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover
Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover had an airport named after him before he became President. Named Hoover Field in 1926, a small airport operated where the Pentagon now stands. Enlarged by merger with the nearby Washington Airport, the busy aviation center was plagued by poor visibility and short runways. It closed in 1941. The only other memorial to Hoover in the Washington area also honors his cabinet service: the massive Department of Commerce building bears his name.
The Hoover Dam project also began when Hoover was Commerce Secretary. Called Hoover Dam during Hoover's Presidency, once Franklin Roosevelt took office, the name reverted back to an earlier project title, Boulder Dam. Congress restored Hoover's name to it in 1947.
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