Elmer Lincoln Irey
First chief of the US IRS, from 1919 to 1943 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Elmer Lincoln Irey (March 10, 1888 ā July 19, 1948) was a Postal Inspector, United States Treasury Department official and the first Chief of the Internal Revenue Service Intelligence Unit, that would later become Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI). Irey led the investigative unit during the federal tax evasion prosecution of Chicago mobster Al Capone.
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Elmer Lincoln Irey | |
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Chief Internal Revenue Service Intelligence Unit | |
In office July 1, 1919 ā January 26, 1943 | |
President | Woodrow Wilson Warren G. Harding Calvin Coolidge Herbert Hoover Franklin D. Roosevelt |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | William H. Woolf |
Personal details | |
Born | (1888-03-10)March 10, 1888 Kansas City, MO |
Died | July 19, 1948(1948-07-19) (aged 60) |
Residence | Washington, D.C. |
Alma mater | Georgetown Law School Bachelor of Laws |
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