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Oct 28, 2020 · Nearly 40 years after the death of founding FBI director J. Edgar Hoover, research may reveal that the crime fighting bureau chief was actually African-American according to “The...
Nov 22, 2011 · Author Anthony Summers, in his 1993 book Official and Confidential, said that he found that in some black communities in the East, it was generally believed Edgar had black roots and was even...
- Barbara A. Reynolds
Sep 27, 2022 · J. Edgar Hoover was born on New Year's Day 1895 in Washington, D.C., to Anna Marie (née Scheitlin; 1860–1938), who was descended from a line of Swiss mercenaries, and Dickerson Naylor Hoover, Sr. (1856–1921), of English and German ancestry.
- Washington, District of Columbia
- January 1, 1895
- District of Columbia
- May 2, 1972
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.
- Himself (as Director of the Bureau of Investigation)
Sep 6, 2015 · There is some dispute as to whether J. Edgar’s father had black ancestry, although it appears that no black ancestors have been explicitly and verifiably identified for J. Edgar’s father. J. Edgar’s paternal grandfather was John Thomas Hoover (the son of William Hoover and Elizabeth Ann Huff/Hough). J.
J. Edgar Hoover was born in Washington, D.C., to Anna Marie (née Scheitlin; 1860–1938), who was of German Swiss descent, and Dickerson Naylor Hoover, Sr. (1856–1921), of English and German ancestry. The uncle of Hoover's mother was a Swiss honorary consul general to the United States.
