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J. Edgar Hoover
Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation · 1935
J. Edgar Hoover, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. John Edgar Hoover was an American law enforcement administrator who served as the fifth and final director of the Bureau of Investigation (BOI) and the first director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). President Calvin Coolidge first appointed Hoover as director of the BOI, the predecessor to the FBI, in 1924.
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- Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation1935-07-01–1972-05-02
Biography
John Edgar Hoover was an American law enforcement administrator who served as the fifth and final director of the Bureau of Investigation (BOI) and the first director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). President Calvin Coolidge first appointed Hoover as director of the BOI, the predecessor to the FBI, in 1924.
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