Samuel Estill Whitaker

Biography of Samuel Estill Whitaker

Family Name (Surname): Whitaker
First Name: Samuel
Middle Name: Estill
Date of Birth: September , 25 , 1886
Place of Birth (POB): Winchester , Tennessee (US-TN, TN, 47, Tenn)
Date of Death: March , 26 , 1967
Place of Death (POD): Washington , District of Columbia (US-DC, DC, 11, D.C., Wash. D.C.)
Gender Identity: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White

Court Name: Court of Claims
Court Type: Court of Claims
Appointment under the Presidency of: Franklin D. Roosevelt ( Democratic )
Judge Nomination vote date (as recorded in the Senate Executive Journal): 06/23/1939
Seat vacated by: Whaley , Richard S.
Referral of Nominations to Judiciary Committee Date: 06/23/1939
Committee action: Reported With Recommendation
Committee action date: 07/06/1939
Senate voice vote?: Yes
Senate vote Date (Confirmation Date): 07/11/1939
Commission Date: 07/13/1939
Retirement from Active Service: 07/19/1964
Date of Termination: 03/26/1967
Termination of function of Judge (specific reason): Death

Name of School: University of Chattanooga (now University of Tennessee at Chattanooga)
Degree: Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.)
Law Degree Year: 1909

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