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U. E. Baughman
U. E. Baughman
	Baughman in 1961
13th Chief of the United States Secret Service
	In office; November 29, 1948 – August 31, 1961
President	Harry S. Truman; Dwight D. Eisenhower; John F. Kennedy
Preceded by	James J. Maloney
Succeeded by	James Joseph Rowley
Personal details
Born	Urbanus Edmund Baughman; May 21, 1905; Camden, New Jersey, U.S.
Died	November 6, 1978 (aged 73); Toms River, New Jersey, U.S.
Resting place	Arlington Cemetery; Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania
Spouse	Ruth Baughman (m. 1936)
Parent(s)	Urbanus Edmund Baughman Sr. (1870–1936); Alberta Faunce Baughman (1873–1955)

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Urbanus Edmund Baughman (May 21, 1905^[2] – November 6, 1978^[3]) was the chief of the United States Secret Service between 1948 and 1961, under Presidents Truman, Eisenhower, and Kennedy.

Baughman was the first Secret Service Chief to pen a memoir concerning the office he held. Entitled Secret Service Chief,^[4]^{[better source needed]} it was a veritable tell-all on the intricacies and inner workings of the Secret Service and its evolution from a counterfeit detection department to the presidential protection unit.

Baughman was appointed to head the Secret Service by President Harry S. Truman shortly after the 1948 election. According to the book American Gunfight, by Stephen Hunter and John Bainbridge Jr., Truman dismissed Baughman's predecessor James J. Maloney in part because he had dispatched most of Truman's Secret Service detail to New York to prepare to guard New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey. Dewey was widely expected to be elected president but was beaten by Truman in one of the greatest upsets in presidential election history.

Personal statements

Life of the president

Baughman and his wife Ruth at his retirement party on August 24, 1961.

Baughman gave a description of the job of the president to the Senate Appropriations Committee:

[The President] cannot have what is considered a normal life, home or family relationship. He has no choice as to where he lives. He is a focal point for public and world attention. He is a slave to his office, being obliged to serve his country without cease at all hours and every day of the year. He can have very little privacy. If he has young children, they are largely governed by protocol and cannot enjoy the freedom of the White House as they would a normal home.^[5]

Threats to the president

Baughman was interviewed by Time magazine and in an article dated April 20, 1953 he described the Secret Service's biggest fear as, "escaped mental patients who bear grudges against the President or the Government."^[5] Baughman admitted that in 1952 the United States Secret Service handled 2,535 presidential protection cases. Of these cases, 74 resulted in arrests, and 72 of those were sent to prison or mental institutions.^[5]

Organized crime

In an interview with The Washington Post published on July 26, 1961, the day after his retirement was announced, Baughman emphatically stated that there had been no mafia in the United States for 40 years. He further denied the existence of a national crime syndicate based on talks with other law enforcement officials.^[6]

Kennedy assassination

Baughman was immediately critical of the methods used by the Secret Service following the assassination of President Kennedy. He wanted to know why, after the first shot was fired, the Secret Service did not immediately pepper the window with machine gun fire to prevent any further shots from being fired. He was also curious as to why, with an entire Secret Service detail and the Dallas Police Force on hand, the only shots that were fired were from the assassin. He claimed it was basic training for all Secret Service agents that unauthorized people should be kept out of buildings.^[7]

Media appearances

A private person for much of his life, Baughman appeared on the show What's My Line? on November 27, 1955, the week before he was to be honored by the White House and would appear in Look magazine.^[8] He also appeared on To Tell The Truth on April 9, 1957.^[9]

Death

A resident of Pine Beach, New Jersey since 1965, Baughman died on November 6, 1978, from arteriosclerotic heart disease at the Community Memorial Hospital in Toms River, New Jersey.^[3]^[10] He is buried in Arlington Cemetery in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania along with his parents and wife Ruth, who died in 2004.^[11]

References

^ Ruth Baughman Obituary
^ Papers of Urbanus E. Baughman
^ ^a ^b Smith, J. Y. "Urbanus Baughman Jr. 73, Dies; Chief Of Secret Service for 3 Presidents". The Washington Post, 07 November 1978: Metro; C4.
^ Secret Service Chief
^ ^a ^b ^c "Slave of Office". Time. April 20, 1953. Archived from the original on December 22, 2008.
^ "Interview with U.E. Baughman". The Washington Post, 06 July 1961.
^ Joesten, Joachim. How Kennedy was Killed: The Full Appalling Story. Universal-Tandem Publishing Co., 1968.
^ Baughman on "What's My Line?" on YouTube
^ U.E. Baughman on To Tell The Truth 4/9/57 on YouTube
^ Staff. "Urbanus E. Baughman Jr. Dies At 73", The New York Times, November 9, 1978. Accessed November 6, 2016. "In 1965, Mr. Baughman and his family moved from Arlington, Va. to Pine Beach, New Jersey."
^ U.E. Baughman at Arlington Cemetery

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Government offices
Preceded by James J. Maloney	Chief, United States Secret Service November 29, 1948 – August 31, 1961	Succeeded by James J. Rowley

[ruthobit-1] Ruth Baughman Obituary

[birth-2] Papers of Urbanus E. Baughman

[death-3] Smith, J. Y. "Urbanus Baughman Jr. 73, Dies; Chief Of Secret Service for 3 Presidents". The Washington Post, 07 November 1978: Metro; C4.

[4] Secret Service Chief

[time-5] "Slave of Office". Time. April 20, 1953. Archived from the original on December 22, 2008.

[mafia-6] "Interview with U.E. Baughman". The Washington Post, 06 July 1961.

[service-7] Joesten, Joachim. How Kennedy was Killed: The Full Appalling Story. Universal-Tandem Publishing Co., 1968.

[8] Baughman on "What's My Line?" on YouTube

[9] U.E. Baughman on To Tell The Truth 4/9/57 on YouTube

[10] Staff. "Urbanus E. Baughman Jr. Dies At 73", The New York Times, November 9, 1978. Accessed November 6, 2016. "In 1965, Mr. Baughman and his family moved from Arlington, Va. to Pine Beach, New Jersey."

[burial-11] U.E. Baughman at Arlington Cemetery

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-'''Urbanus Edmund Baughman''' (21 May 1905<ref name=birth>[http://eisenhower.archives.gov/Research/Finding_Aids/PDFs/Baughman_Urbanus_Papers.pdf Papers of Urbanus E. Baughman<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> – 6 November 1978<ref name=death>Smith, J. Y. "Urbanus Baughman Jr. 73, Dies; Chief Of Secret Service for 3 Presidents". ''The Washington Post'', 07 November 1978: Metro; C4.</ref>) was the chief of the [[United States Secret Service]] between 1948 and 1961, under Presidents [[Harry S. Truman|Truman]], [[Dwight D. Eisenhower|Eisenhower]], and [[John F. Kennedy|Kennedy]].
+{{Infobox officeholder
-Baughman was the first Secret Service Chief to pen a memoir concerning the office he held. Entitled ''Secret Service Chief'',<ref>''[http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0007DLT82 Secret Service Chief]''</ref> it was a veritable tell-all on the intricacies and inner workings of the Secret Service and its evolution from a [[counterfeit]] detection department to the presidential protection unit.
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+| death_place         = [[Toms River, New Jersey]], U.S.
+| resting_place       = [[Arlington Cemetery (Pennsylvania)|Arlington Cemetery]]<br>[[Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania]]
+| parents             = Urbanus Edmund Baughman Sr. (1870–1936)<br />Alberta Faunce Baughman (1873–1955)
+| spouse              = {{marriage|Ruth Baughman|1936}}<ref name=ruthobit>[https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/atlanta/obituary.aspx?n=ruth-baughman&pid=1955865 Ruth Baughman Obituary]</ref>
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+| predecessor         = [[James J. Maloney]]
+| successor           = [[James Joseph Rowley]]
+}}
+'''Urbanus Edmund Baughman''' (May 21, 1905<ref name="birth">[https://www.eisenhower.archives.gov/research/finding_aids/pdf/Baughman_Urbanus_Papers.pdf Papers of Urbanus E. Baughman<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> – November 6, 1978<ref name="death">Smith, J. Y. "Urbanus Baughman Jr. 73, Dies; Chief Of Secret Service for 3 Presidents". ''The Washington Post'', 07 November 1978: Metro; C4.</ref>) was the chief of the [[United States Secret Service]] between 1948 and 1961, under Presidents [[Harry S. Truman|Truman]], [[Dwight D. Eisenhower|Eisenhower]], and [[John F. Kennedy|Kennedy]].
+Baughman was the first Secret Service Chief to pen a memoir concerning the office he held. Entitled ''Secret Service Chief'',<ref>''[https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0007DLT82 Secret Service Chief]''</ref>{{better source|date=June 2022}} it was a veritable tell-all on the intricacies and inner workings of the Secret Service and its evolution from a [[counterfeit]] detection department to the presidential protection unit.
+Baughman was appointed to head the Secret Service by President [[Harry S. Truman]] shortly after the 1948 election. According to the book ''American Gunfight'', by Stephen Hunter and John Bainbridge Jr., Truman dismissed Baughman's predecessor James J. Maloney in part because he had dispatched most of Truman's Secret Service detail to New York to prepare to guard New York Governor [[Thomas E. Dewey]]. Dewey was widely expected to be elected president but was beaten by Truman in one of the greatest upsets in presidential election history.
 ==Personal statements==
-===Life of the President===
+===Life of the president===
+[[Image:JFKWHP-1961-08-24-A.jpg|right|thumb|Baughman and his wife Ruth at his retirement party on August 24, 1961.]]
-Baughman gave a description of the job of the president to the senate appropriations committee:
+Baughman gave a description of the job of the president to the Senate Appropriations Committee:
 <blockquote>[The President] cannot have what is considered a normal life, home or family relationship. He has no choice as to where he lives. He is a focal point for public and world attention. He is a slave to his office, being obliged to serve his country without cease at all hours and every day of the year. He can have very little privacy. If he has young children, they are largely governed by protocol and cannot enjoy the freedom of the White House as they would a normal home.<ref name=time/></blockquote>
+===Threats to the president===
+Baughman was interviewed by [[Time (magazine)|''Time'' magazine]] and in an article dated April 20, 1953 he described the Secret Service's biggest fear as, "escaped mental patients who bear grudges against the President or the Government."<ref name=time>{{cite web|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,822721,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081222120216/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,822721,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 22, 2008|title=Slave of Office|date=April 20, 1953|publisher=Time}}</ref> Baughman admitted that in 1952 the United States Secret Service handled 2,535 presidential protection cases.  Of these cases, 74 resulted in arrests, and 72 of those were sent to prison or mental institutions.<ref name=time></ref>
-===Threats to the President===
-Baughman was interviewed by [[Time (magazine)|''Time'' magazine]] and in an article dated April 20, 1953 he described the Secret Service's biggest fear as, "escaped mental patients who bear grudges against the President or the Government."<ref name=time>{{cite web|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,822721,00.html|title=Slave of Office|date=April 20, 1953|publisher=Time}}</ref> Baughman admitted that in 1952 the United States Secret Service handled 2,535 presidential protection cases.  Of these cases, 74 resulted in arrests, and 72 of those were sent to prison or mental institutions.<ref name=time>[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,822721,00.html Slave of Office]</ref>
 ===Organized crime===
-In an interview with ''[[The Washington Post]]'' published on July 26, 1961, the day after his retirement was announced, Baughman emphatically stated that there had been no [[American Mafia|mafia]] in the United States for forty years.  He further denied the existence of a national crime syndicate based on talks with other law enforcement officials.<ref name=mafia>"Interview with U.E. Baughman". ''The Washington Post'', 06 July 1961.</ref>
+In an interview with ''[[The Washington Post]]'' published on July 26, 1961, the day after his retirement was announced, Baughman emphatically stated that there had been no [[American Mafia|mafia]] in the United States for 40 years.  He further denied the existence of a national crime syndicate based on talks with other law enforcement officials.<ref name=mafia>"Interview with U.E. Baughman". ''The Washington Post'', 06 July 1961.</ref>
-===Kennedy Assassination===
+===Kennedy assassination===
 Baughman was immediately critical of the methods used by the Secret Service following the assassination of President Kennedy.  He wanted to know why, after the first shot was fired, the Secret Service did not immediately pepper the window with machine gun fire to prevent any further shots from being fired.  He was also curious as to why, with an entire Secret Service detail and the [[Dallas Police Department (Texas)|Dallas Police Force]] on hand, the only shots that were fired were from the [[assassination|assassin]].  He claimed it was basic training for all Secret Service agents that unauthorized people should be kept out of buildings.<ref name=service>Joesten, Joachim. ''How Kennedy was Killed: The Full Appalling Story''. Universal-Tandem Publishing Co., 1968.</ref>
 ==Media appearances==
+[[Image:U. E. Baughman.jpg|right|thumb|Baughman, appearing on ''[[What's My Line?]]'' on November 27, 1955]]
-A notoriously private person for much of his life, Baughman appeared on the show ''[[What's My Line?]]'' on November 27, 1955, the week before he was to be honored by the [[Executive Office of the President of the United States|White House]] and would appear in [[Look (American magazine)|''Look'' magazine]].<ref>{{YouTube|ll1hMym3aMs|Baughman on "What's My Line?"}}</ref>
+A private person for much of his life, Baughman appeared on the show ''[[What's My Line?]]'' on November 27, 1955, the week before he was to be honored by the [[Executive Office of the President of the United States|White House]] and would appear in [[Look (American magazine)|''Look'' magazine]].<ref>{{YouTube|iyOkYz-snJE|Baughman on "What's My Line?"}}</ref>  He also appeared on ''[[To Tell the Truth|To Tell The Truth]]'' on April 9, 1957.<ref>{{YouTube|RAfBqiraAvQ|U.E. Baughman on To Tell The Truth 4/9/57}}</ref>
 ==Death==
-Baughman died on November 6, 1978 from arteriosclerotic heart disease at the Community Memorial Hospital in [[Tom's River, NJ]].<ref name=death />  He is buried in [[Arlington Cemetery Co|Arlington Cemetery]] in [[Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania]] along with his parents and wife Ruth, who died in 2004.<ref name=burial>[http://www.arlingtoncemetery.us/tribute.asp?Id=188905 U.E. Baughman at Arlington Cemetery]</ref>
+A resident of [[Pine Beach, New Jersey]] since 1965, Baughman died on November 6, 1978, from arteriosclerotic heart disease at the Community Memorial Hospital in [[Toms River, New Jersey]].<ref name=death /><ref>Staff. [https://www.nytimes.com/1978/11/09/archives/urbanus-e-baughman-jr-dies-at-73-headed-the-secret-service-dangers.html "Urbanus E. Baughman Jr. Dies At 73"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', November 9, 1978. Accessed November 6, 2016. "In 1965, Mr. Baughman and his family moved from Arlington, Va. to Pine Beach, New Jersey."</ref> He is buried in [[Arlington Cemetery (Pennsylvania)|Arlington Cemetery]] in [[Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania]] along with his parents and wife Ruth, who died in 2004.<ref name=burial>[http://www.arlingtoncemetery.us/tribute.asp?Id=188905 U.E. Baughman at Arlington Cemetery]</ref>
 ==References==
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 ==External links==
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-| SHORT DESCRIPTION = Secret Service Chief
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