Charles Joseph Bonaparte

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Charles Joseph Bonaparte was an American lawyer and U.S. Attorney General under President Theodore Roosevelt who created the investigative agency that later became the FBI.

Aliases (1)
  • Charles Bonaparte ×2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Attorney General
human
lawyer
politician
almaMater Harvard University
appointedBy Theodore Roosevelt
burialPlace New Cathedral Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1851-06-09
dateOfDeath 1921-06-28
educatedAt Harvard College
Harvard Law School
employer United States Department of Justice
United States Department of the Navy
ethnicGroup Italian American
familyName Bonaparte
fieldOfWork public administration
public law
founded Bureau of Investigation
givenName Charles
Joseph
heritage Bonaparte family
honorificTitle Honorable
knownFor progressive era legal reforms
trust-busting enforcement
languageSpoken English
legalJurisdiction United States federal government
memberOfPoliticalParty Republican Party (United States)
nativeLanguage English
notableAchievement created the investigative agency that later became the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
notableFor reorganizing federal investigative functions in the Department of Justice
notableWork creation of the Bureau of Investigation
occupation lawyer
politician
officeEnd Attorney General of the United States term ended 1909-03-04
United States Secretary of the Navy term ended 1906-12-17
officeStart Attorney General of the United States term started 1906-12-17
United States Secretary of the Navy term started 1905-07-01
partOf Roosevelt administration
placeOfBirth Baltimore, Maryland, United States
placeOfDeath Baltimore, Maryland, United States
positionHeld United States Attorney General
United States Secretary of the Navy
relative Jerome Bonaparte
Napoleon Bonaparte
religion Roman Catholicism
residence Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Referenced by (4)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Federal Bureau of Investigation
founder
Bonaparte dynasty
hasMember
House of Bonaparte ("Charles Bonaparte")
hasNotableMember
Bonaparte ("Charles Bonaparte")
notableMember

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