In 1908 Attorney General Charles Bonaparte founded the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) It wasn’t always known as the FBI, at first Attorney General Charles Bonaparte did not name the organisation he created.
It was referred to as a “Special Agent Force” or as Attorney General Wickersham called it Bonaparte’s “Force”, but this investigative team at the time had only 70 employee’s, that’s opposed to over 30,000 worldwide to date (2009).
In 1909 it was named the Bureau of Investigation (BOI) but this name wasn’t meant to be, so in 1913 – 1933 it was re-named to the United States Bureau of Investigation (USBOI).
In the spring of 1933 the name changed again the Bureau didn’t keep it’s former title and changed to the Division of Investigation, they weren’t happy with this name because there was several Divisions of Investigation around the world, and that was confusing. Then finally in 1935 president Roosevelt signed the appropriation bill and Finally the Federal Bureau of Investigation was it’s last name given and it’s been the FBI ever since.
1908 – No Name was Given or the “Special Agent Force”
1909 – Bureau of Investigation
1913 – United States Bureau of Investigation
1933 – Division of Investigation
1935 – Finally after 4 Name Changes the Federal Bureau of Investigation
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