| Jack Edward Tanner | |
| Office: | Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington |
| Term Start: | January 28, 1991 |
| Term End: | January 10, 2006 |
| Office1: | Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington |
| Term Start1: | May 19, 1978 |
| Term End1: | November 8, 1978 |
| Appointer1: | Jimmy Carter |
| Predecessor1: | William Nelson Goodwin |
| Successor1: | Seat abolished |
| Office2: | Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington |
| Term Start2: | May 19, 1978 |
| Term End2: | January 28, 1991 |
| Appointer2: | Jimmy Carter |
| Predecessor2: | William Nelson Goodwin |
| Successor2: | Frank Burgess |
| Birth Name: | Jack Edward Tanner |
| Birth Date: | 28 January 1919 |
| Birth Place: | Tacoma, Washington, US |
| Death Place: | Tacoma, Washington, US |
| Education: | University of Washington (LLB) |
Jack Edward Tanner (January 28, 1919 – January 10, 2006) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington and the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington.
Born in Tacoma, Washington, Tanner was in the United States Army during World War II, from 1943 to 1945. He worked as a longshoreman in Tacoma until his graduation from law school. He received a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Washington School of Law in 1955. He was in private practice in Tacoma from 1955 to 1978. He was a regional leader of the NAACP from 1957 to 1965.
On January 20, 1978, Tanner was nominated by President Jimmy Carter to a joint seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington and the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington, vacated by Judge William Nelson Goodwin. Tanner was confirmed by the United States Senate on May 17, 1978, and received his commission on May 19, 1978, becoming the first black federal judge in the northwest United States. On November 8, 1978, Tanner was reassigned to the Western District alone. He assumed senior status on January 28, 1991, serving in that capacity until his death of pancreatic cancer, on January 10, 2006, in Tacoma.[1]