Edward Allen Tamm
Edward Allen Tamm was a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and previously was a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.Education and career
Born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, Tamm earned a Bachelor of Laws from the Georgetown University Law School in 1930. From 1930 to 1948 he was deputy director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Tamm's younger brother Quinn Tamm also served as an FBI officer.Federal judicial service
Tamm received a recess appointment from President Harry S. Truman on June 22, 1948, to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Columbia vacated by Judge James McPherson Proctor. He was nominated to the same position by President Truman on January 13, 1949. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 29, 1949, and received his commission on April 1, 1949. His service terminated on March 16, 1965, due to elevation to the D.C. Circuit.
Tamm was nominated by President Lyndon B. Johnson on March 1, 1965, to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit vacated by Judge Walter Maximillian Bastian. He was confirmed by the Senate on March 11, 1965, and received his commission on March 11, 1965. During his service on the court, Tamm received a Doctor of Juridical Science from Suffolk University Law School in 1971. Tamm served as Chief Judge of the Temporary Emergency Court of Appeals from 1972 to 1981. His service terminated on September 22, 1985, due to his death.
