What is Thomas J. Pickard?
{{Infobox Officeholder |name = Thomas J. Pickard |image = Pickard-lg.jpg |office = Acting [[Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation]] |president = [[George W. Bush]] |term_start = June 25, 2001 |term_end = September 4, 2001 |predecessor = [[Louis Freeh]] |successor = [[Robert Mueller]] |office1 = [[Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation]] |president1 = [[Bill Clinton]] <br/> [[George W. Bush]] |term_start1 = November 1, 1999 |term_end1 = November 30, 2001 |predecessor1 = [[William J. Esposito]] |successor1 = [[Bruce J. Gebhardt]] |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1950|1|6}} |birth_place = [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], U.S. |death_date = |death_place = |party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://voterrecords.com/voter/11196704/thomas-pickard|title=Thomas Joseph Pickard's Florida Voter Registration|publisher=Voterrecords.com}}</ref> |education = [[St. Francis College]] ([[Bachelor of Business Administration|BBA]])<br>[[St. John's University (New York City)|St. John's University, New York]] ([[Master of Business Administration|MBA]]) }} '''Thomas Joseph Pickard''' (born January 6, 1950) is an American politician. He was an acting [[Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation]] for 71 days in the summer of 2001 following the resignation of Director [[Louis Freeh]]. He left the office a week before the [[September 11 attacks]].<ref name=pbs>[https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/knew/ ''The Man Who Knew'']</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Pickard, Thomas J.}} [[Category:1950 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Directors of the Federal Bureau of Investigation]] [[Category:Politicians from New York City]] [[Category:Democratic Party (United States) politicians]] {{US-bio-stub}} {{DFBI}}