<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>
<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>
who was head of the fbi in 2016
who was head of the fbi in 2016
James Comey
James Comey