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Charles Joseph Bonaparte

Charles Joseph Bonaparte

Birth
Baltimore, City of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Death
28 Jun 1921 (aged 70)
Baltimore County, Maryland, USA
Burial
Baltimore, City of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Plot
Bonaparte Family Plot: Section B, Lot 37
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Presidential Cabinet Secretary. The youngest grandson of Jerome Bonaparte, Napoleon's youngest brother, and Elizabeth Patterson of Baltimore, he met Theodore Roosevelt at Harvard Law School. After he became President, Roosevelt appointed him United States Attorney General. In that capacity, C.J. Bonaparte founded the FBI and broke up the American Tobacco Trust. He was known as "Charlie the Crook Chaser."
Presidential Cabinet Secretary. The youngest grandson of Jerome Bonaparte, Napoleon's youngest brother, and Elizabeth Patterson of Baltimore, he met Theodore Roosevelt at Harvard Law School. After he became President, Roosevelt appointed him United States Attorney General. In that capacity, C.J. Bonaparte founded the FBI and broke up the American Tobacco Trust. He was known as "Charlie the Crook Chaser."

Bio by: Gary Thelen

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  • Maintained by: Find a Grave
  • Originally Created by: Gary Thelen
  • Added: 12 Aug 2003
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7756159/charles_joseph-bonaparte: accessed ), memorial page for Charles Joseph Bonaparte (9 Jun 1851–28 Jun 1921), Find a Grave Memorial ID 7756159, citing Loudon Park Cemetery, Baltimore, City of Baltimore, Maryland, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.