Robert Tait Ervin

Robert Tait Ervin (May 27, 1863 – October 24, 1949) was an Alabama lawyer who became United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama. Early life and education Born at the Tait-Ervin House in Camden, Wilcox County, Alabama in 1863 to the former Sarah Asbury Tait and her husband, prominent planter Dr. Robert Hugh Ervin. Robert was the youngest in a large family, with at least three brothers and five sisters. His father was a Confederate cavalry officer and represented Dallas and Wilcox counties in the Alabama legislature during the American Civil War, rising to president pro tem of the Alabama senate by 1872. His grandfather Charles Tait represented Georgia in the U.S. Senate before becoming a federal judge for Alabama. Ervin received a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Alabama School of Law in 1887. Career