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Samuel Estill Whitaker

Judge, Court of Claims · 1939

Samuel Estill Whitaker , Judge, Court of Claims. Samuel Estill Whitaker (September 25, 1886 – March 26, 1967) was a Tennessee attorney and later a judge of the United States Court of Claims.

Education

  • University of Chattanooga (now University of Tennessee at Chattanooga)LL.B., 1909

Career

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

Biography

Samuel Estill Whitaker (September 25, 1886 – March 26, 1967) was a Tennessee attorney and later a judge of the United States Court of Claims.

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