J. Edgar Hoover was the first director of the FBI. Hoover is credited with building the FBI into a large and efficient crime-fighting agency, and with instituting a centralized fingerprint file and forensic laboratories.
In January 1, 1895, Hoover was born, he came from a Scottish Presbyterian family of civil servants, his mother, Annie Marie who was descended from a line of Swiss mersenaries and her uncle was a honorary consul general there. His father, Dickerson Hoover, a printmarker of English and German acentry. When his father died he started to work as a messenger boy in the Library of Congress and in the evenings he spent his time studying for a low degree at George Washington Univercity, as soon he graduated in 1917,his uncle, a judge, helped him to get a job in the Justice Departament. Alexander M. Palmer, the attorney general, gave him an important and special posission as Palmer' s assistent in 1919.
Hoover was famous for his successes in public relations, and known for use FBI to collect evidence using illegal methods. Using these illegal methods, Hoover was convinced he had proof of Martin Luther' s infidelitous, because Hoover was against Martin Luther. Also, he became a dedicated investigator, independent force against organized crime during the 1920s.
J. Edgar Hoover died on May 2, 1972,in Washington D.C. Still the director of the FBI and became the only civil servant to be honored with a state funeral.After his death, his critics accused him of exceeding the jurisdiction of the FBI and rumors have circulated that Hoover was homosexual.
Timeline:
January 1, 1895: John Edgar Hoover was born to Annie Marie and Dickerson Hoover in Washington, D.C.
1917: Graduated George Washington University with a law degree
May 10, 1924: Appointed Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) by President Calvin Coolidge
July 1934: Captured bank robber John Dillinger
May 2, 1972: J. Edgar Hoover dies in Washington D.C.
May 4, 1972 Congress published a memorial book to honor
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Outline:
J. Edgar Hoover was the first director of the FBI. Hoover is credited with building the FBI into a large and efficient crime-fighting agency, and with instituting a centralized fingerprint file and forensic laboratories.
In January 1, 1895, Hoover was born, he came from a Scottish Presbyterian family of civil servants, his mother, Annie Marie who was descended from a line of Swiss mersenaries and her uncle was a honorary consul general there. His father, Dickerson Hoover, a printmarker of English and German acentry. When his father died he started to work as a messenger boy in the Library of Congress and in the evenings he spent his time studying for a low degree at George Washington Univercity, as soon he graduated in 1917,his uncle, a judge, helped him to get a job in the Justice Departament. Alexander M. Palmer, the attorney general, gave him an important and special posission as Palmer' s assistent in 1919.
Hoover was famous for his successes in public relations, and known for use FBI to collect evidence using illegal methods. Using these illegal methods, Hoover was convinced he had proof of Martin Luther' s infidelitous, because Hoover was against Martin Luther. Also, he became a dedicated investigator, independent force against organized crime during the 1920s.
J. Edgar Hoover died on May 2, 1972,in Washington D.C. Still the director of the FBI and became the only civil servant to be honored with a state funeral.After his death, his critics accused him of exceeding the jurisdiction of the FBI and rumors have circulated that Hoover was homosexual.
Timeline:
January 1, 1895: John Edgar Hoover was born to Annie Marie and Dickerson Hoover in Washington, D.C.
1917: Graduated George Washington University with a law degree
May 10, 1924: Appointed Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) by President Calvin Coolidge
July 1934: Captured bank robber John Dillinger
May 2, 1972: J. Edgar Hoover dies in Washington D.C.
May 4, 1972 Congress published a memorial book to honor
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Edgar_Hooverhttp://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAhooverE.htm
http://www.answers.com/topic/j-edgar-hoover
http://american_almanac.tripod.com/hoover.htm
http://www.biography.com/articles/J.-Edgar-Hoover-9343398