Edward Allen Tamm was a United States federal judge

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Born in St. Paul, Minnesota, Tamm earned an LL.B. from the Georgetown University Law School in 1930. From 1930 to 1948 he was deputy director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation

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. Tamm's younger brother Quinn Tamm

Quinn Tamm

Quinn Tamm was an assistant director for the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and later influential executive director of the International Association of Chiefs of Police . Tamm's older brother Edward Allen Tamm was also an FBI official and later a federal judge.Born in Seattle, Washington, Tamm...

 also served as an FBI officer.

He received a recess appointment

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 to the United States District Court for the District of Columbia

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 from President Harry S Truman on June 22, 1948, to a seat vacated by James M. Proctor. Tamm was formally nominated to the seat on January 13, 1949, confirmed by the United States Senate

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 on March 29, 1949, and received his commission on April 1, 1949. On March 1, 1965, he was nominated by President Lyndon B. Johnson

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 to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

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, which had been vacated by Walter M. Bastian. Tamm's elevation was confirmed by the Senate on March 11, 1965, and he received his commission that day. After his elevation, Tamm earned a J.S.D. from Suffolk University Law School

Suffolk University Law School

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 in 1971. He remained on the bench until his death.

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