WI: Herbert Hoover killed during the Boxer Rebellion?

At the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, Herbert Hoover was chief engineer for the Chinese Bureau of Mines, general manager for the Chinese Engineering and Mining Corporation, and later the lead engineer for Bewick, Moreing & Co. He and his family lived in the foreign concession zone in Tianjin, which came under attack during the Boxer Rebellion. When the Boxer and Qing armies were bombarding the concessions and placing it under siege, the Hoovers provided great assistance to the Eight Nations armed forces relieving the city - Hoover used his knowledge of the area to guide British, French, Japanese and American troops towards the South Gate of the city while his wife helped care for the wounded, and at one point fought using a .38-caliber pistol with skill. Then, even after given the chance to leave the city to safety at the Taku Forts, they still chose to stay behind to keep helping the wounded.

Suppose Hoover was killed by a Qing sharpshooter while guiding the Allied troops. What would be the major ramifications? Besides the position of 31st President needing to be filled it's important to remember that Hoover also did many significant things before then - by 1914 he had amassed a wealth of $4 million due to his role as a mining magnate, he headed the American Relief Association during WWI to help feed the hungry, became Secretary of Commerce under the Harding and Coolidge administrations, etc.

So...what then?
 
As to his relief work-perhaps his greatest single achievement-quite possibly another administratively-minded sort could head up the effort. Not sure who his second in command was in the relief effort in Europe but perhaps Bernard Baruch might have handled it? That's just off the top of my head, though.

Without Hoover in the Harding/Coolidge cabinet, that might have paved the way for a cabinet post for Charles Dawes. That might have avoided the Coolidge / Dawes rift and perhaps allowed a Dawes presidency beginning in 1929: not a bad idea with Dawes' financial acumen. That might have mitigated the effects of the crash of 1929 to some degree.

Hoover as an administrator (rather than as an executive) was in his element, so replacing him as secretary of Commerce would be tough, given all that he accomplished (Coolidge's antipathy notwithstanding). Perhaps Frank Lowden or Irvine Lenroot could fill the bill, at least in part?

Just some random ideas tossed off quickly.
 
I should note that the circumstances of Hoover's death at the POD are very situational. I mentioned that he would be shot by a Boxer or Qing sharpshooter while leading the Allied forces to the South Gate. The fact that he would be doing so at his time of death in the alternate timeline might make a difference, and probably make him a hero to at least the American contingent. Would that make any difference compared to if, say, he was killed in the bombardment of the concessions?
 
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