Today in History

May 10, 1924

J. Edgar Hoover

On May 10, 1924, President Calvin Coolidge appointed J. Edgar Hoover as the director of the Bureau of Investigation—predecessor to the FBI. Hoover remained the director until his death in 1972. Hoover was both respected and feared by many of the nine presidents under whom he served. Often criticized for abuses of power, his long tenure resulted in the current limitation of a ten year service for today's Directors of the FBI.

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