Pres. Hoover and J. Edgar Hoover? Hmm....

Factual Questions
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Were the two Hoovers related? I know nepotism ran sky-high back then, so I shouldn’t be surprised…

  • Jinx
2

No relation.

3

At that level, perhaps in 19th century Britain but not in the US (i.e. “Bob’s your uncle”).

4

President Kennedy appointing his brother as Attorney-General?

5

And, as we all know, nepotism has completely disappeared these days.

Even if they had been related nepotism wouldn’t have been the reason. J. Edgar was appointed in 1924 during the administration of Calvin Coolidge.

6

There are some interesting questions about the ancestry of J. Edgar Hoover.