Secret Service and the Presidents - White House Historical …
Oct 20, 2015 · The White House Police Force was created in 1922, placed under the supervision of the Secret Service in 1930, and later renamed the Executive Protective Service in 1970. It was renamed the Secret Service Uniformed Division in 1977. President Barack Obama addresses officers before a group photo at the South Portico of the White House, 2011.
Secret Service and the Presidents: U.S. Secret Service Uniformed ...
Apr 4, 2011 · The White House police force was placed under United States Secret Service Uniformed Division in 1930. President Barack Obama addresses United States Secret Service Uniformed Division officers before a group photo at the …
Protecting the President: The History of the United States Secret …
Growing Up a Secret Service Agent’s Daughter: Life with My Father Rufus W. Youngblood by Rebecca Youngblood Vaughn; Memories of My Years on the Secret Service Kiddie Detail: Protecting President John F. Kennedy’s Children by Paul Landis; Protecting the President’s House: The Evolution and Role of the United States Secret Service by ...
What is the history behind the United States Secret Service, and …
The U.S. Secret Service was originally established by the Department of the Treasury in 1865 to prevent counterfeiting. They later assumed full-time responsibility for protecting the president during the Theodore Roosevelt administration, prompted by the assassination of his predecessor, William McKinley. Since the Roosevelt administration, the ...
Zero Fail - A History of the Secret Service
On January 20, 1969, Richard Nixon was inaugurated as the thirty-seventh president of the United States. During his time in the White House (1969–74), President Nixon sought to unite a divided nation after the social, political, and cultural turbulence of the 1960s.
The Tale of Two White Houses: Espionage during the Civil War
Dec 10, 2021 · Baker, History of the United States Secret Service, 72; General Scott recommended Baker’s name to Mr. Cameron for permanent service as a secret agent of the War Department; Hastedt, Spies, Wiretaps, and Secret Operations, 64-65. After the Civil War ended, Baker clashed frequently with new White House Executive, President Andrew Johnson.
The American Protective League and White House Security During …
The APL was created in part to respond to laws supported by President Wilson, such as the Espionage Act of 1917, and its stated purpose was to “stamp out perceived threats to the security of a nation at war.” 9 Under the protection of these acts, Leaguers investigated anyone they deemed a threat to the United States, including Americans who disagreed with current policies.
Secret Service and the Presidents: U.S. Secret Service Uniformed ...
The White House police force was placed under United States Secret Service Uniformed Division in 1930. President Barack Obama addresses United States Secret Service Uniformed Division officers before a group photo...
New Issue of White House History Quarterly
Apr 23, 2020 · Michael Sampson, an archivist with the Secret Service, gives a summary of the evolution and role of the agency. For the Quarterly’s presidential site feature, Elyse Werling takes readers to the Wilcox House in Buffalo, New York, where, following President McKinley’s death and a breakneck midnight trek to Buffalo, Vice President Theodore ...
History of the White House Fence
The Commission of Fine Arts approved concepts for a new White House fence proposed by the National Park Service and the United States Secret Service. The proposed fence will be taller, stronger, and equipped with anti-climb and intrusion detection components.