Background
Tillman, Abram Martin was born on September 8, 1863 in near Shelbyville, Tennessee, United States. Son of Lewis and Mary Catherine (Davidson) Tillman.
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Abram Martin Tillman
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Bachelor of Laws, Master of Laws, Columbian (now George Washington University Law School, Washington, District of Columbia, 1886.
Career
Admitted to bar, 1886. In 1896 Republican candidate for presidential elector 6th Congress District Tennessee, also secretary Republican State Executive Committee of Tennessee. United State Attorneys Middle District of Tennessee, 1898-1914.
Republican nominee for Congress, 6th District, 1902. Endorsed by many members bench and bar for United States District judge, Middle District of Tennessee, 1923. Now attorney with United States Board of Tax Appeals.
Membership
Member Board of Education, Nashville, 1897-1900. Admitted to practice in Supreme Court of the United States, Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, Court of Claims of the United States, United States Court of Appeals for District of Columbia, District Court of the United States for District of Columbia, United States Treasury Department, Interstate Commerce Commission. Member American District of Columbia, Federal and Tennessee bar associations, American Society International Law.
Member Southern Society of Washington, District of Columbia, Tennessee Society, District of Columbia Society Sons of America Revolution, Academy Political Science, National Geography Society, George Washington University General Alumni Association (life).
Connections
Married Sarah Clayton Ford, November 28, 1894 (died September 16, 1923). Children: Louise Clayton (Mistress Lee Clyde Gammill) Kathleen (Mistress Ralph C. Hughes).
