Jed C. Adams Explained

Jed C. Adams
Office:Member of the United States Board of Tax Appeals
Appointer:Franklin D. Roosevelt
Term Start:May 17, 1933
Term End:January 29, 1935
Predecessor:William D. Love
Successor:William W. Arnold
Birth Date:14 January 1876
Birth Place:Kaufman, Texas, U.S.
Death Place:Washington, D.C., U.S.
Alma Mater:Southwestern University
Bingham School

Jed Cobb Adams (January 14, 1876 – January 29, 1935) was a member of the United States Board of Tax Appeals (later renamed the United States Tax Court) from 1933 to 1935.

Early life and education

Adams was born in Kaufman, Texas. He "attended Southwestern University in Georgetown from 1889 to 1891 and Bingham School in Asheville, North Carolina, in 1892–93", gaining admission to the State Bar of Texas in 1895.[1]

Career

He then held various positions in government, as a civilian and in the military:

He thereafter practice law in Dallas and became involved in party politics, becoming a Democratic National Committee member for Texas,[2] from 1924 to 1934.[1] On May 17, 1933, he was appointed to the Board of Tax Appeals by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to fill the unexpired term of William D. Love, who had died in April of that year.[3] Adams held that office until his own death the following year.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Cecil Harper, Jr., "Adams, Jed Cobb", Texas State Historical Association (June 9, 2010).
  2. Time, Vol. 12 (1928), p. 10.
  3. Tax Magazine, Vol. XI, No. 6 (1933), p. 228.
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20181129011122/https://www58.homepage.villanova.edu/james.edward.maule/taxcourt/tcjudges.htm Former and Current Members of the Board of Tax Appeals and Former and Current Judges of the Tax Court