Background
Finch was born in Monticello, New New York
- Photos
- Works
- Photos
- Works
Stanley Finch
Edit Profiledirector of the Bureau of Investigation
Education
George Washington University.
Career
He would soon retire from office. 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.
lieutenant was only while working in the Justice Department that Finch earned his Bachelor of Laws degree (1908), followed by an Master of Laws degree (1909) from what is now The George Washington University Law School.
The Washington, District of Columbia 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 (BOI), to Finch.
Thus he created what would become the Federal Bureau of Investigation. 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.
-
Born
-
Died
1951 (aged 78) -
Nationality
United States