Stanley Finch

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Stanley Finch
Chief of the Bureau of Investigation
In office July 26, 1908 – April 30, 1912
President	Theodore Roosevelt William Howard Taft
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	A. Bruce Bielaski
Personal details
Born	(1872-07-20)July 20, 1872 Monticello, New York, U.S.
Died	November 22, 1951(1951-11-22) (aged 79) Washington, D.C., U.S.
Education	George Washington University (LLB, LLM)

Stanley Wellington Finch (July 20, 1872 – 22 November 1951) was the first director of the Bureau of Investigation (1908–1912), which would eventually become the FBI.

Life

Finch was born in

Previously when the Justice Department needed to investigate a crime it would borrow Secret Service personnel from the Treasury Department. As chief examiner, Finch advocated setting up a squad of detectives within the Justice Department.

Attorney General Charles Joseph Bonaparte created a Special Agent force, and gave oversight of the force, later named the Bureau of Investigation (BOI), to Finch. Thus he created what would become the FBI.

From 1913 to the 1930s, Finch alternated between private employment—primarily in the novelty manufacturing business—and positions in the Department of Justice. He finally retired from the Department of Justice in 1940.

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