The ancient Roman republic had three branches of government. In the beginning, the legislative branch was the Senate, a group made up of 300 citizens from Rome's patrician class, the oldest and wealthiest families of Rome. It was the patricians, tired of obeying the king, who revolted and threw out Tarquinius Superbus.
Herbert Hoover, who in World War I served as head of the U.S. Food Administration and became know for his humanitarian efforts in Belgium during the war.
