Warren Commission

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The Warren Commission was a presidentially appointed panel led by Chief Justice Earl Warren that conducted the official U.S. government investigation into the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

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instanceOf United States federal commission
presidential commission
appendicesCount 26 volumes of hearings and exhibits
appointedBy Lyndon B. Johnson
appointedFollowing assassination of John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963
archivesLocation National Archives and Records Administration
chairperson Earl Warren
concluded Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in assassinating John F. Kennedy
no credible evidence of a domestic or foreign conspiracy
country United States
createdBy Executive Order 11130
criticizedFor perceived investigative omissions
reliance on FBI and CIA information
dateOfExecutiveOrder November 29, 1963
dissolved 1964
evidenceBase FBI and Secret Service reports
ballistics analysis
medical and autopsy records
testimony of hundreds of witnesses
fieldOfWork criminal investigation
forensic analysis
presidential security
followedBy United States House Select Committee on Assassinations
inception 1963
jurisdiction federal government of the United States
languageOfReport English
legalForm ad hoc investigative commission
location Washington, D.C.
mediaTypeOfReport print
member Allen W. Dulles
linked to: Allen Dulles

Earl Warren
Gerald R. Ford
linked to: Gerald Ford

Hale Boggs
John J. McCloy
John Sherman Cooper
Richard Russell Jr.
namedAfter Earl Warren
numberOfMembers 7
pagesOfReport over 800
producedWork Warren Commission Report
linked to: Warren Commission
purpose investigate the assassination of John F. Kennedy
reportPublicationDate 1964
reportTitle Report of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy
linked to: Warren Commission
secretary J. Lee Rankin
significantEvent official U.S. government investigation into the Kennedy assassination
subjectOf conspiracy theories
historical controversy
topic assassination of John F. Kennedy

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Elm Street (Dallas) associatedWith Warren Commission
subject linked to: Elm Street
Earl Warren chairpersonOf Warren Commission
Warren Commission producedWork Warren Commission Report
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Warren Commission reportTitle Report of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy
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Allen Dulles memberOf Warren Commission
Jack Ruby investigatedBy Warren Commission
Lee Harvey Oswald subjectOf Warren Commission Report
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United States House Select Committee on Assassinations precededBy President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
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John J. McCloy memberOf Warren Commission
Carousel Club mentionedIn Warren Commission Report
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Executive Order 11130 established President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
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Executive Order 11130 established Warren Commission
Executive Order 11130 commissionName President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
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Executive Order 11130 commissionCommonName Warren Commission
Executive Order 11130 successorBody Warren Commission
Executive Order 11130 relatedCommissionReport Warren Commission Report
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Jacob Leon Rubenstein subjectOf Warren Commission investigation
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Hale Boggs memberOf Warren Commission
Marina Oswald testifiedBefore Warren Commission
Marina Nikolayevna Prusakova testifiedIn Warren Commission
J. Lee Rankin employer Warren Commission
J. Lee Rankin participatedIn Warren Commission inquiry into the assassination of John F. Kennedy
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John J. McCloy memberOf The Warren Commission
subject linked to: McCloy
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JFK (1991 film) portraysOrganization Warren Commission