J. Edgar Hoover Life And Accomplishments

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J. Edgar Hoover, was born and reside in Washington D.C. January 1, 1895, it appears he was destine, to work in the capital city from birth. Upon completion of school, he began to work and went to law school eventually obtaining both his lower and upper division law degrees prior to working for the Department of Justice.
Mr. Hoover went to work for the Department of Justice in 1917, he was a very quick study and became very successfully and began a very rapid and steady ascent through the classes to the assistant to the Attorney General. Once the department was moved under the Bureau of Investigation, his rise continued to Assistant Director to Director.
Under the leadership of Hoover the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) became a

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