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Rowley was born in the Bronx, New York to James J. Rowley and Bridget Theresa McTeague.
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James Rowley
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Rowley been working for the Secret Service since 1938 during the days of the Franklin Doctorate. Roosevelt administration after first joining the Federal Bureau of Investigation in 1936. On June 18, 1964, Rowley provided testimony to the Warren Commission investigating the assassination of John F. Kennedy. After the assassination, Secret Service training was regularized and systematized.
The James J. Rowley Training Center in Beltsville, Maryland is named after him.
Rowley was a Roman Catholic. Rowley died of congestive heart failure at his home in Leisure World, Maryland.
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Roman Catholic