Joe Smith
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"Joe Smith," White House Workers History Project, White House Historical Association, 2026, https://whha.whirlihost.com/Detail/workers/855.
- Position
- Grounds Laborer
- Years in President's House
- circa 1929
- Legal Status
- Free Person
- Gender
- Male
- Presidency
- Herbert Hoover
- Biography
- In 1929, a man named Joe Smith appeared on First Lady Lou Hoover’s annual staff Christmas list. He was listed among employees under the supervision of Head Gardener Charles Henlock, which suggests that he worked either on the White House Grounds or at the White House greenhouses near the Bureau of Engraving and Printing on the National Mall. “Joe Smith” is a very common name in Washington, D.C., making it difficult to discern further details about his life and career at this time. (1)
- (1) Employees on Duty at the Executive Office, 1929, Lou Henry Hoover Papers, Subject Files, White House Christmas 1929, Herbert Hoover Presidential Library.
- Birthplace
- Unclear from Context