Andrew L. Drummond Explained

Andrew L. Drummond
Office:	6th Chief of the United States Secret Service
Term Start:	1891
Term End:	1894
Birth Place:	Peach Bottom, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Predecessor:	John S. Bell
Successor:	William P. Hazen
President:	Benjamin Harrison Grover Cleveland

Andrew Lewis Drummond (died 1921) was chief of the United States Secret Service from 1891 to 1894.^{[1] [2]}

Drummond was born in Peach Bottom, Pennsylvania.^[3] He joined the United States Secret Service in 1871.^[4] Drummond was known for his investigation into the original Ku Klux Klan.^[5] In 1894, he resigned from the Secret Service and went on to head a detective agency in New York.

In 1909, Drummond published the book True Detective Stories. The book contained narratives of criminal cases he had worked on during his career, many of which involved counterfeiting.

Notes and References

1. News: February 13, 1921. Andrew L. Drummond Dies.; Chief of United States Secret Service From 1891 to 1894.. The New York Times. May 4, 2020.
2. Book: Excerpts from the History of the United States Secret Service, 1865-1975. United States Secret Service, Department of the Treasury. 1978. 13–14. Google Books.
3. News: February 14, 1921 . A.L. Drummond Dies; Famous Detective . 3 . The Brooklyn Daily Eagle . November 29, 2023.
4. Book: Drummond, Andrew L.. True Detective Stories. G.W. Dillingham Company. 1909. 3–4. Google Books.
5. News: February 14, 1921 . Original Ku Klux Prober Dies in Washington . 1 . The Portsmouth Star.