How do you get to be one of the presidents secret service men?
After a simple search on “secret service,” we found our way to the official web site of the United States Secret Service. The site provided more than enough resources to answer the question. This special division of the Department of the Treasury was originally formed in 1865 for the detection of counterfeit currency, but began informal part-time protection of President Grover Cleveland in 1894. Following the 1901 assassination of President William McKinley, Congress invited the Secret Service to assume responsibility for protecting the president, and two operatives were assigned to the White House. These days the specialized law enforcement agency, with over 125 U.S.-based and foreign offices, is charged with two missions: protection of our national leaders and criminal investigations. The protective mission of the Secret Service includes protection of the president and vice
