J. Edgar Hoover
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: Twentieth Century
- Categories: Government and Politics, Crime, Law, Legal History, Courts
- Subcategories: Organizations, Agencies, Institutions
- Curriculum: American History 1901-1950, American History 1951-present
Article abstract: Head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for forty-eight years (from 1924 to 1972), Hoover was one of the most controversial figures in American politics, the first and most durable leader of the anti-Communist movement that ruled American public life for much of the century.
Early Life
John Edgar Hoover was born to a family of civil servants in Seward Square, Washington, D.C., a few blocks behind the Capitol. Educated in the District of Columbia public schools, Hoover showed early signs of the drive and the leadership abilities that...
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