Samuel Estill Whitaker
Samuel Estill Whitaker (1886-1967) was a federal judge on the United States Court of Claims.
Whitaker was nominated to the Court of Claims by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. He was commissioned on July 11, 1939. He assumed senior status on July 19, 1964, and served in that capacity until his death on March 26, 1967.[1]
Education
- University of Chattanooga, LL.B., 1909
Professional career
- Private practice, Chattanooga, Tennessee, 1909-1914
- U.S. Army Captain, Field Artillery, 1914-1919
- Attorney, Bureau of Internal Revenue, 1919-1920
- Private practice, Chattanooga, Tennessee, 1921-1937
- City attorney, Chattanooga, Tennessee, 1923-1924
- Mayor, Riverview, Tennessee, 1925-1929
- Special assistant to the Attorney General of the United States, U.S. Department of Justice, 1933-1937
- Assistant attorney general, Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1939
Footnotes
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Former judges |
Atkinson • Barney • Bennett • Blackford • Booth • Campbell • Casey • Collins • Cowen • John Davis • John Bancroft Davis • Oscar Davis • Downey • Drake • Durfee • Friedman • Gilchrist • Graham • Green • Hay • Howell • Howry • Hughes • Hunt • Jones • Kashiwa • Kunzig • Laramore • Littleton • Loring • Madden • Milligan • Moss • Nichols • Nott • Peck • Peelle • Richardson • Scarburgh • Scofield • Sinnott • Skelton • Smith • Weldon • Whaley • Whitaker • Williams • Wilmot • Wright • |
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1941 |
Bright • Byrnes • Eicher • Frank • Freed • Healey • Jackson • Leahy • Leavy • Lovett • Madden • McAllister • McGuire • Miller • Minton • Moore • Riddick • Rifkind • J. Smith • W. Smith • Stone • Timmerman • Vogel • Waring • Woodbury • Wyzanski | ||
1942 |
Brennan • Cole • Delehant • Ekwall • Goodman • Hall • Hannay • Keeling • Meaney | ||
1943 |
Arnold • Chandler • Clark • Duncan • Helvering • Hulen • Lawrence • Lee • McLaughlin • Mullins • Rutledge • Swygert • Waller | ||
1944 |
Bone • Connor • Graven • Hutcheson • Kennedy • LaBuy • O'Connell • Schweinhaut • Shaw | ||
1945 |