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J. Edgar Hoover

United States government official
Also known as: John Edgar Hoover
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J. Edgar Hoover (born January 1, 1895, Washington, D.C., U.S.—died May 2, 1972, Washington, D.C.) was a U.S. public official who, as director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) from 1924 until his death in 1972, built that agency into a highly effective, if occasionally controversial, arm of federal law enforcement. Hoover studied law at night at George Washington University, where he received a bachelor of laws degree in 1916 and a master of...

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