- Home
- Federal judges
- Samuel Estill Whitaker
Samuel Estill Whitaker
Former judge · Court of Claims
Samuel Estill Whitaker served on the Court of Claims. Appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt and confirmed Jul 11, 1939.
- Appointed by
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Confirmed
- Jul 11, 1939
- Born
- 1886
Appointments
- Judge, Court of ClaimsFranklin D. Roosevelt · Jul 11, 1939 – Mar 26, 1967
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
More
From the Federal Judicial Center’s biographical directory of federal judges.
Cite or embed this page
Capitol Receipts, “Judge Samuel Estill Whitaker, Court of Claims,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/judge/j1393096/samuel-estill-whitaker (accessed 2026-10-14).