Kennedy. Taft died on March 8, 1930. Herbert Hoover (31st President) had a "happy funeral service", as requested by his family, reflecting a Quaker approach for his final service in West Branch, Iowa.

Former President Jimmy Carter's state funeral is an opportunity to reflect on the evolution of presidential state funerals and how Americans have mourned their leaders, with the first president to lay ...

Kennedy. Taft died on March 8, 1930. Herbert Hoover (31st President) had a "happy funeral service", as requested by his family, reflecting a Quaker approach for his final service in West Branch ...

a more concerted effort was made to ensure the last wishes of the president were known and documented during their time in office. Beginning with Herbert Hoover in 1964, state funeral honors have ...