# United States Department of Justice founding date

entity: /record/us-department-of-justice.md  
predicate: founded  
page: /record/us-department-of-justice/founded  
as_of: 2026-11-01  

As of November 1, 2026, United States Department of Justice's founding date on the AsOf record is July 1, 1870, dated July 1, 1870, from a primary source (usgovernmentmanual.gov) and one further source (blogs.loc.gov). The record holds 1 claim on United States Department of Justice's founding date, 1 still open and 0 superseded, each dated and sourced; a replaced value is closed with an end date, never deleted.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 2026-11-01.

- [United States Department of Justice](/record/us-department-of-justice.md) | founded | 1870-07-01 | valid 1870-07-01 to present | conf 0.65 | valid | [clm_5C84163446EF](/claim/clm_5C84163446EF.md)
  sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1553390, https://blogs.loc.gov/law/2017/12/the-creation-of-the-department-of-justice/, https://www.usgovernmentmanual.gov/Agency?EType=jY3M4CTKVHY%3D&EntityId=8iPvf%2FKZKuk%3D&ParentEId=+klubNxgV0o%3D

## Every dated value

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 Superseded claims stay visible.

- [United States Department of Justice](/record/us-department-of-justice.md) | founded | 1870-07-01 | valid 1870-07-01 to present | conf 0.65 | valid | [clm_5C84163446EF](/claim/clm_5C84163446EF.md)
  sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1553390, https://blogs.loc.gov/law/2017/12/the-creation-of-the-department-of-justice/, https://www.usgovernmentmanual.gov/Agency?EType=jY3M4CTKVHY%3D&EntityId=8iPvf%2FKZKuk%3D&ParentEId=+klubNxgV0o%3D

## Questions this record answers

### What is United States Department of Justice's current founding date?

July 1, 1870, dated July 1, 1870, from a primary source (usgovernmentmanual.gov) and one further source (blogs.loc.gov). The record asserts this claim as of November 1, 2026 (status valid, confidence 0.65).


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- MCP: entity_state(entity: "us-department-of-justice", predicates: ["founded"], scope: "all")
- Entity twin: /record/us-department-of-justice.md · timeline: /timelines/us-department-of-justice.md

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