Jed C. Adams

Jed Cobb Adams was a member of the United States Board of Tax Appeals 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.

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, from 1924 to 1934. 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. Adams held that office until his own death the following year.