Origin of Federal Bureau of Investigation
1930s
J. Edgar Hoover - died in office May 2, 1972 (48 years Director)
Clarence Kelly (confirmed by Senate) 1973 -8
William H. Webster 1978 - 87
William S. Sessions 1987 - 93
Louis J. Freeh 1993 - 2001
Robert S. Mueller Sept. 4, 2001 - 2013
James B. Comey 2013 - 2017 (fired by Trump)
Christopher Wray 2017 - 2021 (resigned on order of Trump)
Kash Patel on Feb. 20, 2021 (GOP MAGA majority
confirms him by 51 - 49; moderate Women Senators
Collins & Murkowski oppose him along_ with all Democrats
and Independents)
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this list does not contain the short-term "acting"
FBI Directors who were not subject to confirmation
after U.S. Senate Vote/ sworn in for multiple years
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