Background
Whitaker, Samuel Estill was born on September 25, 1886 in Winchester, Tennessee, United States. Son of Madison Newton and Florence Jarrett (Griffin) Whitaker.
Whitaker, Samuel Estill was born on September 25, 1886 in Winchester, Tennessee, United States. Son of Madison Newton and Florence Jarrett (Griffin) Whitaker.
Student Winchester (Tennessee) Normal College, 1902-1905. University of Virginia, 1905-1906. Bachelor of Laws, University Chattanooga, 1909.
Samuel Estill. Admitted to Tennessee bar in 1909, and began practice in Chattanooga. Attorney unites states department of Justice, 1919-1920, Bureau Internal Revenue, 1920. In private practice of law in Chattanooga, 1921-1937.
City attorney, Chattanooga, 1923. Member firm of Whitaker & Whitaker, 1924-1937. Mayor of Riverview, Tennessee, 1925-1929.
Employed from time to time as special assistant to the United State Attorneys general, 1933-1937. United States assistant attorney general, 1937-1939. Commissioned judge The United States of America Court of Claims, July 13, 1939.
Served as captain cavalry, later field artillery, United States Army, 1917-1919.
Married Lillian Nelson Chambliss, June 30, 1913. Children: Nelson Chainbliss (Mistress.