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The FBI originated from a force of special agents created in 1908 by Attorney General Charles Bonaparte during the presidency of Theodore Roosevelt. The two men first met when they both spoke at a meeting of the Baltimore Civil Service Reform Association. Roosevelt, then Civil Service commissioner, boasted of his reforms in federal law enforcement. It was 1892, a time when law enforcement was o...
Bureau of Investigation chiefs and directors (1908–1935) Stanley Finch July 26, 1908 – April 30, 1912 A. Bruce Bielaski April 30, 1912 – February 10, 1919 William E. Allen February 10, 1919 – June 30, 1919 William J. Flynn July 1, 1919 – August 21, 1921 William J. Burns August 22, 1921 – May 10, 1924 J. Edgar Hoover May 10, 1924 – June 30, 1935