Stanley Finch
Male, Deceased Person
1872 – 1951
Who was Stanley Finch?
Stanley Wellington Finch was the first director of the Bureau of Investigation, which would eventually become the FBI. He would soon retire from office.
Finch was born in Monticello, New York. In 1893, he became a clerk in the United States Department of Justice, where he worked off and on for almost 40 years. 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, followed by an LL.M degree from what is now The George Washington University Law School. The Washington, DC bar association 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 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, 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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- Born
- Aug 20, 1872
Monticello - Education
- The George Washington University Law School
- Died
- 1951
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on July 23, 2013
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