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Stanley Finch

Stanley W. Finch (July 20, 1872 - 1951) was the first director of the Bureau of Investigation, which would eventually become the FBI.

He was born in Monticello, New York, in 1872.

'From:	Appointment:	Until
1893	Clerk Department of Justice
	Director: Bureau of Investigation	April 30, 1912
1912	Special Commissioner for the Suppression of White Slave Traffic
1913	Special Assistant to the Attorney General

In 1893 he became a clerk in the Department of Justice, where he worked off and on for almost 50 years. Mr. Finch rose from the position of clerk to that of Chief Examiner between 1893 and 1908. It was only while working in the Justice Department, that Finch earned his LL.B. degree (1908) followed by an LL.M. degree (1909) from the National University Law School. The Washington D.C. Bar admitted him to practice in 1911.

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

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

From 1913 to the 1930s, Mr. 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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