<Tr> <Th> 5 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> J. Edgar Hoover </Td> <Td> May 10, 1924--June 30, 1935 </Td> <Td> 11 years, 51 days </Td> <Td> Director of the BOI </Td> <Td> Calvin Coolidge; Herbert Hoover; Franklin D. Roosevelt </Td> </Tr> <P> The FBI became an independent service within the Department of Justice in 1935 . In the same year, its name was officially changed to the present - day Federal Bureau of Investigation, or FBI, with J. Edgar Hoover receiving the current title of Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation . Since 1972, Senate confirmation of nominee has been required . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> N ° </Th> <Th> Portrait </Th> <Th> Name </Th> <Th> Term </Th> <Th> Length </Th> <Th> Notes </Th> <Th> President (s) * </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> J. Edgar Hoover </Td> <Td> July 1, 1935--May 2, 1972 </Td> <Td> 36 years, 306 days </Td> <Td> Director of the FBI; died from a heart attack at his Washington, D.C., home on May 2, 1972; Only FBI director to have died in office </Td> <Td> Franklin D. Roosevelt; Harry S. Truman; Dwight D. Eisenhower; John F. Kennedy; Lyndon Johnson; Richard Nixon </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th>--</Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> Clyde Tolson (Acting) </Td> <Td> May 2, 1972--May 3, 1972 </Td> <Td> 1 day </Td> <Td> Acting Director of the FBI </Td> <Td> Richard Nixon </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th>--</Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> L. Patrick Gray (Acting) </Td> <Td> May 3, 1972--April 27, 1973 </Td> <Td> 359 days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th>--</Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> William Ruckelshaus (Acting) </Td> <Td> April 30, 1973--July 9, 1973 </Td> <Td> 70 days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> Clarence M. Kelley </Td> <Td> July 9, 1973--February 15, 1978 </Td> <Td> 4 years, 221 days </Td> <Td> Retired </Td> <Td> Richard Nixon; Gerald Ford; Jimmy Carter </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th>--</Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> James B. Adams (Acting) </Td> <Td> February 15, 1978--February 23, 1978 </Td> <Td> 8 days </Td> <Td> Associate Director of the FBI; Acting Director </Td> <Td> Jimmy Carter </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> William H. Webster </Td> <Td> February 23, 1978--May 25, 1987 </Td> <Td> 9 years, 91 days </Td> <Td> Left FBI to become Director of Central Intelligence; only person to have held both positions </Td> <Td> Jimmy Carter; Ronald Reagan </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th>--</Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> John E. Otto (Acting) </Td> <Td> May 26, 1987--November 2, 1987 </Td> <Td> 160 days </Td> <Td> Deputy Director of the FBI; Acting Director </Td> <Td> Ronald Reagan </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> William S. Sessions </Td> <Td> November 2, 1987--July 19, 1993 </Td> <Td> 5 years, 259 days </Td> <Td> Dismissed by President Bill Clinton </Td> <Td> Ronald Reagan; George H.W. Bush; Bill Clinton </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th>--</Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> Floyd I. Clarke (Acting) </Td> <Td> July 19, 1993--September 1, 1993 </Td> <Td> 44 days </Td> <Td> Deputy Director of the FBI; Acting Director </Td> <Td> Bill Clinton </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 5 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> Louis Freeh </Td> <Td> September 1, 1993--June 25, 2001 </Td> <Td> 7 years, 297 days </Td> <Td> Resigned </Td> <Td> Bill Clinton; George W. Bush </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th>--</Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> Thomas J. Pickard (Acting) </Td> <Td> June 25, 2001--September 4, 2001 </Td> <Td> 71 days </Td> <Td> Deputy Director of the FBI; Acting Director </Td> <Td> George W. Bush </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 6 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> Robert Mueller </Td> <Td> September 4, 2001--September 4, 2013 </Td> <Td> 12 years, 0 days </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> George W. Bush; Barack Obama </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 7 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> James Comey </Td> <Td> September 4, 2013--May 9, 2017 </Td> <Td> 3 years, 247 days </Td> <Td> Dismissed by President Donald Trump </Td> <Td> Barack Obama; Donald Trump </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th>--</Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> Andrew McCabe (Acting) </Td> <Td> May 9, 2017--August 2, 2017 </Td> <Td> 85 days </Td> <Td> Deputy Director of the FBI; Acting Director </Td> <Td> Donald Trump </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 8 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> Christopher A. Wray </Td> <Td> August 2, 2017--Present </Td> <Td> 1 year, 85 days </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> N ° </Th> <Th> Portrait </Th> <Th> Name </Th> <Th> Term </Th> <Th> Length </Th> <Th> Notes </Th> <Th> President (s) * </Th> </Tr>

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