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Representative William Malcom Tatum View All Years

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Compiled Historical Information
Date of Death: 6/12/1982
Party Affiliation: Democrat
Assemblies Served:
House: 49 (1941) - 51 (1945)
Home County: Harrison
William Malcom Tatum
Harrison County
Logan Democrat Harrison County Born at Prattville, Ala., Sept. 22, 1891, son of J. W. and Mary D. Tatum. A graduate of Autauga county high school in Alabama in 1913; B.A. degree University of Alabama in 1917; post-graduate work at Nebraska University summer sessions of 1921-22; LL.B. degree at Cumberland University in 1926.' Was assistant in history at Alabama University and taught three years in Iowa and other states. First came north in August, 1919, and worked for both a meat packing house and fruit company in Nebraska. Admitted to practice of law in Tennessee in 1926 and in Iowa in 1927. First practiced with R. J. Organ at Missouri Valley until moving to Dunlap in April, 1928, since 1931 at Logan. Harrison county attorney 1931 to 1937; past vice president of County Attorneys' Association of Iowa. World War veteran, served overseas with 328th Infantry. Member American Legion, past commander of Dunlap Post No. 228.
House District 32
Committees
49th GA (1941)
Legislation Sponsored
49th GA (1941)