J. Edgar Hoover named director of FBI 90 years ago today (May 10 1924)


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(Saturday, May 10, 1924) — U.S. Attorney General Harlan Stone appointed J. Edgar Hoover today was named the 6th Director of the Bureau of Investigation (later known as the Federal Bureau of Investigation, or FBI).