# Federal Trade Commission founding date

entity: /record/federal-trade-commission.md  
predicate: founded  
page: /record/federal-trade-commission/founded  
as_of: 2026-10-31  

As of October 31, 2026, Federal Trade Commission's founding date on the AsOf record is January 1, 1914, dated January 1, 1914, from 2 secondary sources (gsa.gov and ftc.gov). The record holds 1 claim on Federal Trade Commission's founding date, 1 still open and 0 superseded, each dated and sourced; a replaced value is closed with an end date, never deleted.

## Current founding date

What the record asserts on 2026-10-31.

- [Federal Trade Commission](/record/federal-trade-commission.md) | founded | 1914-01-01 | valid 1914-01-01 to present | conf 0.85 | valid | [clm_0F9A32B40CE6](/claim/clm_0F9A32B40CE6.md)
  sources: https://www.gsa.gov/historic-buildings/federal-trade-commission-washington-dc, https://www.ftc.gov/about-ftc/history, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q786713

## Every dated value

One claim per line, oldest first. Superseded claims stay visible.

- [Federal Trade Commission](/record/federal-trade-commission.md) | founded | 1914-01-01 | valid 1914-01-01 to present | conf 0.85 | valid | [clm_0F9A32B40CE6](/claim/clm_0F9A32B40CE6.md)
  sources: https://www.gsa.gov/historic-buildings/federal-trade-commission-washington-dc, https://www.ftc.gov/about-ftc/history, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q786713

## Questions this record answers

### What is Federal Trade Commission's current founding date?

January 1, 1914, dated January 1, 1914, from 2 secondary sources (gsa.gov and ftc.gov). The record asserts this claim as of October 31, 2026 (status valid, confidence 0.85).


## Get this data

- JSON: /v1/entities/federal-trade-commission/founded (this fact) · /v1/entities/federal-trade-commission?predicates=founded (with the entity's coverage; add as_of=YYYY-MM-DD for a date)
- MCP: entity_state(entity: "federal-trade-commission", predicates: ["founded"], scope: "all")
- Entity twin: /record/federal-trade-commission.md · timeline: /timelines/federal-trade-commission.md

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