L. Patrick Gray
Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (1916-2005) · United States · On the map · Politicians · Died at 88
Louis Patrick Gray III was acting director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) from May 3, 1972, to April 27, 1973. During this time, the FBI was in charge of the initial investigation into the burglaries that sparked the Watergate scandal, which eventually led to the resignation of President Nixon.
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1972Named Director of the Federal Bureau of InvestigationOffice3 May 1972 to 27 April 19731970Named United States Assistant Attorney GeneralOffice1 January 1970 to 1 January 19721916Born18 July 1916Also in Deutsch
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Gray was nominated as permanent director by Nixon on February 15, 1973, but failed to win Senate confirmation. He resigned as acting director on April 27, 1973, after admitting to destroying documents that had come from convicted Watergate conspirator E. Howard Hunt's safe - documents received on June 28, 1972, 11 days after the Watergate burglary, and given to Gray by White House counsel John Dean.
