J. Edgar Hoover

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Written By Heather Rogers, America's Preeminent Presidential Doodler

  • While still living with his mom, he was put in charge of the FBI. Temporarily, but his reign ended up lasting just about 50 years

  • Kept a card catalog of “radicals”

  • Had a massive file on Eleanor Roosevelt

  • Not tall and sensitive about it

  • Has an IMDb listing

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Heather isn’t a historian, an academic, or an impartial storyteller… but she has read more than one book about every U.S. president. Out of spite. She was dubbed America’s Preeminent Presidential Doodler by one of her favorite authors and she’s been repeating it ever since. When she’s not reading or doodling history books, she’s a freelance graphic designer and illustrator.

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