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   2 days 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.

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3. weta.org › complex-life-j-edgar-hoover-pspj0aThe Complex Life of J. Edgar Hoover | WETA

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   Jun 28, 2024 · J. Edgar Hoover held the FBI in an iron grip during nearly 50 years as its director. Once popular, Hoover left behind a troubling legacy. Yale historian Beverly Gage examines his dominance over the agency in a major new biography.

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   12 hours ago · The headquarters of the FBI is located in Washington, D.C., in a building named for J. Edgar Hoover, who served as the bureau’s head from 1924 to 1972. The FBI has more than 50 field offices located in large cities throughout the United States and in Puerto Rico .

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   Did Hoover know if he had a sexual desire?

   • ISBN 978-0-87722-532-4. The strange likelihood is that Hoover never knew sexual desire at all. ^ Percy, William A.; Johansson, Warren (1994). Outing: Shattering the Conspiracy of Silence. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Haworth Press. pp. 85+. ISBN 978-1-56024-419-6. ^ Theoharis, Athan G., ed. (1998). The FBI: A Comprehensive Reference Guide.

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   Who was John Edgar Hoover?

   • 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.

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   Did Gilbert Gude change the name of Hoover's edifice?

   • On December 12, 1979, Gilbert Gude – a Republican congressman from Maryland – introduced H.R. 11137, which would have changed the name of the edifice from the "J. Edgar Hoover F.B.I. Building" to simply the "F.B.I. Building". However, that bill never made it out of committee, nor did two subsequent attempts by Gude.

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   Why is the FBI headquarters renamed J Edgar Hoover Building?

   • The FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C. is named the J. Edgar Hoover Building, after Hoover. Because of the controversial nature of Hoover's legacy, both Republicans and Democrats have periodically introduced legislation in the House and Senate to rename it. The first such proposal came just two months after the building's inauguration.

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   1 day ago · Happy Birthday FBI! “Hey, J. Edgar Hoover! Congrats!” by Gus Edson, 1949 ( NAID 518178; Local Identifier: 65-HA-7) Ray Davidson was questioning a subject recently and when he came to the “marital status,” Ray asked if he was married. The subject said that he wasn’t but that he was going to be married in about a month.

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   Jul 17, 2024 · When my uncle was killed, FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover was at the height of his power, and he ran the FBI like a dictatorship.

8. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › McCarthyismMcCarthyism - Wikipedia

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   1 day ago · FBI director J. Edgar Hoover designed President Truman's loyalty-security program, and its background investigations of employees were carried out by FBI agents. This was a major assignment that led to the number of agents in the bureau being increased from 3,559 in 1946 to 7,029 in 1952.

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   Jul 3, 2024 · In this program, Lerone Martin, Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Director of the Martin Luther King, Jr., Research and Education Institute at Stanford University, discusses his recent book, The Gospel of J. Edgar Hoover, which reveals how Hoover and his FBI teamed up with leading white evangelicals and Catholics to bring about a ...