J. Edgar Hoover Autographs
John Edgar Hoover (January 1, 1895 – May 2, 1972) was an American law-enforcement administrator who served as the final Director of the Bureau of Investigation (BOI) and the first Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). President Calvin Coolidge first appointed Hoover as director of the BOI, the predecessor to the FBI, in 1924. After 11 years in the post, Hoover became instrumental in founding the FBI in June 1935, where he remained as director for an additional 37 years until his death in May 1972 – serving a total of 48 years leading both the BOI and the FBI and under eight Presidents.
Hoover expanded the FBI into a larger crime-fighting agency and instituted a number of modernizations to policing technology, such as a centralized fingerprint file and forensic laboratories. Hoover also established and expanded a national blacklist, referred to as the FBI Index or Index List.
Later in life and after his death, Hoover became a controversial figure as evidence of his secretive abuses of power began to surface. He was also found to have routinely violated both the FBI's own policies and the very laws which the FBI was charged with enforcing, to have used the FBI to harass and sabotage political dissidents, and to have extensively collected information on officials and private citizens using illegal surveillance, wiretapping, and burglaries. Hoover consequently amassed a great deal of power and was able to intimidate and threaten political figures, including high-ranking ones.
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The most expensive item with a signature of J. Edgar Hoover (J. Edgar Hoover Signed 1937 F.B.I. Letter – PSA/DNA - Framed Display) was sold in March 2025 for $1,090.00 while the cheapest item (J. Edgar Hoover Auto Autographed Handwritting 2018 Super Break The Bar Signed) found a new owner for $0.99 in June 2022. The month with the most items sold (20) was April 2025 with an average selling price of $199.99 for an autographed item of J. Edgar Hoover. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in May 2025 with $204.49 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $8.99 was June 2024. In average, an autographed item from J. Edgar Hoover is worth $55.01.
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Latest News about J. Edgar Hoover
A Shocking Tale Of Unraveling The Truth and Lies Of J. Edgar Hoover (02/15/2019): Millie L. McGhee Morris, an African-American author and publisher has a astonishing inspirational story. Growing up Millie was a blissful child until she was later compromised by a dark secret that would change her life completely. Interested yet? 
In the Loop: There was a time in Washington when anyone could just look up J. Ed (03/13/2015): Back in the 60s, you could find the home addresses of most senators and senior administration officials in the congressional directory. Dinesh D'Souza: Obama is my J. Edgar Hoover (01/19/2015): On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, he lashes out at Obama on Twitter. “There is but one way out for you”: Read the uncensored letter J. Edgar Hoover w (11/12/2014): Historian discovers unredacted copy of longtime FBI chief's chilling letter Today's obits: Robert S. Rea was recognized by J. Edgar Hoover for his FBI work (10/24/2014): Rea, 87, lived in Camillus for many years and was a member of St. Michael's Evangelical Lutheran Church.
Older News Stories about J. Edgar Hoover
Dylan Baker To Play J. Edgar Hoover In Selma (06/2014): Actor Dylan Baker has been tapped to play former U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation director J. Edgar Hoover in the Martin Luther King , Jr . biopic Selma . J. Edgar Hoover: The librarian who became America’s ‘most-powerful man’ (05/2014): On May 2, 1972, FBI director J. Edgar Hoover died of heart disease at a Washington hospital, ending his 48-year total control over the federal agency he managed and created. Hoover, a power unto himself, actually started his professional career as a librarian and used those skills to shape the FBI. Stealing J. Edgar Hoover's Secrets (01/2014): One night in 1971, files were stolen from an F.B.I. office near Philadelphia. They proved that the bureau was spying on thousands of Americans. The case was unsolved, until now. Sen. Carl Levin imagines NSA phone-tracking in hands of J. Edgar Hoover (07/2013): Sen. Carl Levin (D) of Michigan says the phone-monitoring technology used by the US National Security Agency to battle terrorism has “a greater potential to invade our privacy” than what was possible in the past. Video: All That Mattered: J. Edgar Hoover rises to power (05/2013): On this day, 89 years ago, J. Edgar Hoover was named director of what would later become known as the FBI. Charlie Rose reports.
