Willard Brooks Tanner

Background

Tanner, Willard Brooks was born on August 24, 1858 in Blackstone, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Oscar A. and Agnes E. (Brooks) Tanner.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Brown University, 1879, Master of Arts, 1882.

Career

Admitted to Rhode Island bar, 1882. Practiced in Providence. Assistant attorney-general Rhode Island, 1891-1894.

Member Providence Common Council, 1895-1897.

Attorney-general of Rhode Island, 1897-1902. Became The American Association Foreign Justice Superior Court of Rhode Island, July, 1905.

Chief justice since 1910.

Achievements

• Willard Brooks Tanner has been listed as a reputable judge. by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Clubs: Wannamoisett Golf, Providence Artist

Connections

Married Annie T. Dunlop, of Pawtucket, Rhode Island, October 11, 1886.

Father:

Oscar A. Tanner

Mother:

Agnes East. (Brooks) Tanner

Spouse:

Annie T. Dunlop