Samuel Estill Whitaker
Personal
Birthday:
9/25/1886
Birthplace:
Winchester, TN
Date of Death:
3/26/1967
Place of Death:
Washington, DC
Race or Ethnicity:
White
Gender:
Male Prior Employment:
Private practice, Chattanooga, Tennessee, 1909-1914, 1921-1937
U.S. Army captain, cavalry and field artillery, 1914-1919
Attorney, Bureau of Internal Revenue, U.S. Department of the Treasury, 1919-1920
City attorney, Chattanooga, Tennessee, 1923-1924
Mayor, Riverview, Tennessee, 1925-1929
U.S. Department of Justice, 1933-1939; special assistant to the Attorney General of the United States, 1933-1937; assistant attorney general, Civil Division, 1937-1939
Education
Name of School:
University of Chattanooga (now University of Tennessee at Chattanooga)
Degree:
LL.B.
Degree Year:
1909 Judicial Career
Court Name:
Court of Claims
Court Name:
United States Court of Federal Claims
President Nominating:
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Party Affiliation of President:
Democratic
Commission Date:
7/13/1939
Retirement from Active Service:
7/19/1964
Termination Date:
3/26/1967
Termination Reason:
Death