Hoover Dam was Boulder Dam when President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicated it in 1936. The name was changed to honor Herbert Hoover, the Republican who was our 31st president, when the GOP took control of congress in 1947.
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Hoover Dam was Boulder Dam when President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicated it in 1936. The name was changed to honor Herbert Hoover, the Republican who was our 31st president, when the GOP took control of congress in 1947.