death_date successor birth_name birth_place president death_place office birth_date order term_start spouse image article_title term_end name
14 november 1975 henry giordano harry jacob anslinger altoona , pennsylvania herbert d. eisenhower john f. kennedy hoover franklin d. roosevelt harry s. truman dwight altoona , pennsylvania commissioner of the federal bureau of narcotics 20 may 1892 1st august 12 , 1930 martha kind denniston harry jacob anslinger.jpg harry j. anslinger
 may 1962 harry jacob anslinger
harry j. anslinger

harry jacob anslinger -lrb- may 20 , 1892 -- november 14 , 1975 -rrb- was united states government official who served as the first commissioner of the u.s. treasury department 's federal bureau of narcotics -lrb- fbn -rrb- .
he was a staunch supporter of prohibition and the criminalization of drugs .
anslinger held office an unprecedented 32 years in his role as commissioner until 1962 .
he then held office two years as u.s. representative to the united nations narcotics commission .
the responsibilities once held by anslinger are now largely under the jurisdiction of the u.s. office of national drug control policy .
