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    J. Edgar Hoover

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  1. 1 day ago · John Edgar Hoover (January 1, 1895 – May 2, 1972) was an American law-enforcement administrator who served as the 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.

  2. May 10, 2024 · Matthew Harwood | 5.10.2024 8:15 AM. (Illustration: Lex Villena) On May 10, 1924, one of the worst events in history for American civil liberties happened: 29-year-old J. Edgar Hoover assumed the ...

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  3. May 10, 2024 · On May 10, 1924, one of the worst events in history for American civil liberties happened: 29-year-old J. Edgar Hoover assumed the role of director of the then-Bureau of Investigation.

  4. May 29, 2024 · Beverly Gage (Yale University) joins the CPH to speak about her new, Pulitzer Prize winning book, G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of The American Centu...

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  5. May 13, 2024 · John Edgar Hoover , better known as J. Edgar Hoover, was the first Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the United States. He was appointed as...

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  6. J. Edgar Hoover, a 29-year-old lawyer, became the U.S. Justice Department's Acting Director of the Bureau of Investigation, the predecessor to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Hoover, the Associate Director for William J. Burns, took office on a temporary basis after Burns resigned.

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  8. May 10, 2024 · An American Gangster at 100: J. Edgar Hoover's Authoritarian Legacy. On May 10, 1924, one of the worst events in history for American civil liberties happened: 29-year-old J. Edgar Hoover assumed the role of director of the then-Bureau of Investigation. Ambitious, power-hungry, and conniving, Hoover epitomized the snake in the proverbial garden.

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