| ADAMS (Soundex
A352)
— See also
ADAM,
ADAMES,
ADAMS-MEDINA,
ADAMSEN,
ADAMSKE,
ADAMSKI,
ADAMSON,
ADDAMS,
ADDOMS,
DAMAS,
LAWSON-ADAMS,
MASSAD,
MCADAMS,
REEDER-ADAMS.
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Adams, O. D. —
of Oregon.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Oregon, 1940.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Adams, O. Webster, Jr. —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Utah, 1960.
Still living as of 1960.
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Adams, Oliver —
of Macomb
County, Mich.
Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Macomb County 2nd District,
1853-54.
Burial location unknown.
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Adams, Oliver Holt
(1860-1946) —
also known as Oliver H. Adams —
of Mt. Pleasant, Isabella
County, Mich.
Born in Coe Township, Isabella
County, Mich., April
28, 1860.
Republican. Farmer; lumber
business; banker; Isabella
County Treasurer, 1901-02; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Isabella County, 1905-08.
Died in 1946
(age about
86 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Adams, Omar —
of Brooklyn Center, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota,
2008.
Still living as of 2008.
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Adams, Orly Edwin
(1859-1937) —
also known as Orly E. Adams —
of Brazil, Clay
County, Ind.
Born in 1859.
Republican. Postmaster at Brazil,
Ind., 1910-14.
Died in 1937
(age about
78 years).
Interment at Roselawn
Memorial Park, Terre Haute, Ind.
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Adams, Oscar —
of Genesee
County, Mich.
Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Genesee County 2nd District,
1871-72.
Burial location unknown.
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Adams, Oscar —
of Cheboygan, Cheboygan
County, Mich.
Circuit
judge in Michigan 33rd Circuit, 1894-99.
Burial location unknown.
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Adams, Oscar William, Jr.
(1925-1997) —
also known as Oscar W. Adams —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., February
7, 1925.
Lawyer;
associate
justice of Alabama state supreme court, 1980-93.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African
ancestry. Member, National
Bar Association; American
Judicature Society; Omega
Psi Phi; NAACP.
First
African-American ever elected to statewide office in Alabama.
Died of an infection
related to cancer,
in Baptist Medical
Center-Montclair, Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., February
15, 1997 (age 72 years, 8
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Adams, Owen J. —
of Upson
County, Ga.
Member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Upson County, 1951-54.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Adams, P. E. —
of White River Junction, Hartford, Windsor
County, Vt.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Vermont, 1912.
Burial location unknown.
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Adams, Parmenio
(1776-1832) —
of New York.
Born in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., September
9, 1776.
Major in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; Genesee
County Sheriff, 1818-21; U.S.
Representative from New York 29th District, 1824-27.
Died in Alexander, Genesee
County, N.Y., February
19, 1832 (age 55 years, 163
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Attica, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Parmenio Adams (1747-1809) and Chloe (Nearing) Adams; married, October
23, 1795, to Eleanor Wells; first cousin once removed of Hezekiah
Case; first cousin thrice removed of Joseph
Wells Holcomb; first cousin four times removed of Edmond
Alfred Holcomb; second cousin once removed of Abiel
Case, Asahel
Pierson Case and Hiram
Bidwell Case; second cousin twice removed of Noah
Phelps, Nelson
Platt Wheeler, William
Egbert Wheeler and William
Lucius Case; second cousin thrice removed of Alexander
Royal Wheeler and Leonard
Leach Case; third cousin of Almon
Case; third cousin once removed of Augustus
Pettibone, Augustus
Seymour Porter (1769-1849), Peter
Buell Porter, Elisha
Phelps, Rufus
Pettibone, Amos
Pettibone, Anson
Levi Holcomb, William
Gleason Jr., Selah
Merrill and Allen
Jacob Holcomb; third cousin twice removed of Pierpont
Edwards, Charles
Ogden Tappan and Lafayette
Blanchard Gleason; third cousin thrice removed of Oliver
Ellsworth; fourth cousin of Abijah
Blodget, Augustus
Seymour Porter (1798-1872), Jairus
Case, Peter
Buell Porter Jr., Norman
A. Phelps, Oliver
Dwight Filley, William
Dean Kellogg, John
Smith Phelps, Peter
Augustus Porter (1827-1864), Augustus
Herman Pettibone and Edwin
Carpenter Pinney; fourth cousin once removed of John
Davenport, Aaron
Burr, James
Davenport, Theodore
Dwight, Gaylord
Griswold, Benjamin
Trumbull, Henry
Waggaman Edwards, Oliver
Owen Forward, Lancelot
Phelps, Walter
Forward, Chauncey
Forward, Charles
Creighton Stratton, Harrison
Blodget, John
Leake Newbold Stratton, Timothy
E. Griswold, William
Walter Phelps, Alvarus
Payson Adams, Peter
Augustus Porter (1853-1925), James
Levi Hotchkiss, Phineas
Orange Small and Claude
Carpenter Pinney. |
| | | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
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Adams, Patrick J. —
of Saybrook, Middlesex
County, Conn.
Democrat. Candidate for Connecticut
state house of representatives from Saybrook, 1918.
Burial location unknown.
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Adams, Paul L. —
of New York.
Conservative. Candidate for Governor of
New York, 1966.
Still living as of 1966.
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Adams, Paul Lincoln
(1908-1990) —
also known as Paul L. Adams —
of Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa
County, Mich.; East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.; Bath Township, Clinton
County, Mich.
Born in Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa
County, Mich., April 9,
1908.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., 1938-42; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1942; member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1956-57; resigned 1957; Michigan
state attorney general, 1958-61; appointed 1958; resigned 1961;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan,
1960;
justice
of Michigan state supreme court, 1962, 1964-72; appointed 1962;
defeated, 1962.
Episcopalian.
Member, Elks; Phi
Eta Sigma; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., November
23, 1990 (age 82 years, 228
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Payson See Alvarus
Payson Adams |
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Adams, Percy D. —
Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 13th District, 1890.
Burial location unknown.
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Adams, Percy D. —
of Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Republican. Candidate for Connecticut
state house of representatives from Greenwich, 1910.
Burial location unknown.
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Adams, Peter C. —
of New York.
Member of New York
state senate Middle District, 1805-09.
Burial location unknown.
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Chardon Brooks See Brooks
Adams |
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Adams, Peter I. —
of Stockbridge, Berkshire
County, Mass.
Democrat. Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives Sixth Berkshire District, 1917-18.
Burial location unknown.
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Adams, Peter R. —
of Lenawee
County, Mich.
Delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention, 1850.
Burial location unknown.
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Adams, Peter R. —
of Wyandotte
County, Kan.
Democrat. Candidate for Kansas
state senate 4th District, 2000.
Still living as of 2000.
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Adams, Philip (1881-1956) —
of Washington,
D.C.; Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii, June 26,
1881.
Republican. College
teacher; portrait
and landscape
painter; U.S. Consul in Paris, 1922-24; Malta, 1924-26; Campbellton, 1928-29; Sarnia, 1929-32; Saint John, 1932; London, 1938.
Unitarian.
Died in Volusia
County, Fla., March, 1956
(age 74
years, 0 days).
Interment at Edgewater New Smyrna Cemetery, Edgewater, Fla.
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H. See J.
Pinckney H. Adams |
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Adams, Platt —
of Durham, Greene
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly from Greene County, 1820-21, 1839; member of New York
state senate 10th District, 1848-49.
Burial location unknown.
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Adams, Platt —
of East Orange, Essex
County, N.J.
Republican. Member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Essex County, 1923; delegate
to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1940.
Burial location unknown.
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Adams, R. F. —
of Hartville, Wright
County, Mo.
Democrat. Chair of
Wright County Democratic Party, 1903.
Burial location unknown.
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See Walter
Ray Adams |
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Adams, Rebecca —
of Middlefield, Middlesex
County, Conn.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Connecticut, 2008.
Female.
Still living as of 2008.
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Adams, Richard, Sr. —
of Richmond,
Va.
Mayor
of Richmond, Va., 1787-88.
Burial location unknown.
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Adams, Richard Easton
(1833-1913) —
also known as Richard E. Adams —
Born in Georgia, November
19, 1833.
Member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1886-87.
Died August
21, 1913 (age 79 years, 275
days).
Interment at Elmhurst
Cemetery, Elberton, Ga.
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Adams, Richard F. —
of Illinois.
Member of Illinois
state senate 5th District, 1861-63.
Burial location unknown.
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Adams, Richard L. —
of Laureldale, Berks
County, Pa.
Republican. Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Berks County 4th District;
elected 1960; defeated, 1964.
Still living as of 1964.
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Adams, Rob —
of Sedona, Coconino
County, Ariz.
Mayor
of Sedona, Ariz., 2013.
Still living as of 2014.
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Adams, Robert —
of Waynesburg, Greene
County, Pa.
Whig. Postmaster at Waynesburg,
Pa., 1841-43.
Burial location unknown.
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Adams, Robert, Jr.
(1849-1906) —
also known as Bertie Adams —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., February
26, 1849.
Republican. Member of Pennsylvania
state senate 6th District, 1883-86; U.S. Minister to Brazil, 1889-90; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 2nd District, 1893-1906; died in
office 1906; drafted and introduced the declaration of war against
Spain, 1898.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati; Sons of
the Revolution; Sons of
the War of 1812; Society
of Colonial Wars.
Despondent over heavy losses in stock speculation and the prospect of
defeat at the polls, he killed
himself by pistol
shot, in his rooms at the Metropolitan Club, and died soon after
in Emergency Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., June 1,
1906 (age 57 years, 95
days).
Interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Adams, Robert (b. 1915) —
also known as Bob Adams —
of Cheyenne, Laramie
County, Wyo.
Born in Salem, Salem
County, N.J., June 17,
1915.
Democrat. Insurance
business; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Wyoming, 1952;
member of Wyoming
state house of representatives from Laramie County, 1957, 1965;
member of Wyoming
state senate, 1967.
Presbyterian.
Member, Elks.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Adams, Robert, (VI) (b.
1963) —
of Columbia, Richland
County, S.C.
Born, in a hospital
at Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., July 3,
1963.
Lobbyist;
campaign manager for U.S. Sen. Strom
Thurmond, 1990, and Gov. David
Beasley, 1994; candidate for South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1996.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 2004.
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Adams, Robert H. —
of Buchanan
County, Mo.
Republican. Member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Buchanan County 3rd District,
1929-30.
Burial location unknown.
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Adams, Robert Huntington
(1792-1830) —
also known as Robert H. Adams —
of Natchez, Adams
County, Miss.
Born in Rockbridge
County, Va., 1792.
Lawyer;
member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1828; U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1830; died in office 1830.
Died in Natchez, Adams
County, Miss., July 2,
1830 (age about 38
years).
Interment at Natchez
City Cemetery, Natchez, Miss.
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Adams, Robert L. —
Republican. Candidate for Governor of
New Jersey, 1949.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Adams, Robert L. —
also known as Bob Adams —
of Casper, Natrona
County, Wyo.
Democrat. Member of Wyoming
state house of representatives from Natrona County, 1965.
Still living as of 1965.
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Adams, Robert McCormick (b.
1890) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Webster Groves, St. Louis
County, Mo., June 17,
1890.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Illinois, 1924
(alternate), 1940,
1944
(alternate), 1948
(alternate); candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois at-large, 1936.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Phi
Delta Phi; Military
Order of the World Wars.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert McCormick Adams and Virginia (Claiborne) Adams; married,
May
3, 1924, to Janet Lawrence. |
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Adams, Robert N. (b.
1844) —
of Chippewa
County, Mich.
Born in 1844.
Republican. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Chippewa County, 1903-06.
Burial location unknown.
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Adams, Robert T. —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Candidate for mayor of
Dallas, Tex., 1898.
Burial location unknown.
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Adams, Robley D. —
of Illinois.
Member of Illinois
state senate 44th District, 1885-89.
Burial location unknown.
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Adams, Roger B. —
of Jaffrey, Cheshire
County, N.H.
Republican. Candidate for New
Hampshire state house of representatives from Jaffrey, 1938.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Adams, Ron —
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Kansas, 2012.
Still living as of 2012.
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Adams, Ronald R. —
of Brunswick, Glynn
County, Ga.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Georgia, 1968.
Still living as of 1968.
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Adams, Roswell —
of Lisbon, New London
County, Conn.
Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Lisbon, 1828.
Burial location unknown.
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Adams, Roy L. O. —
of Compton, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
California, 1952.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Adams, Roy W. —
of Vancouver, Clark
County, Wash.
Mayor
of Vancouver, Wash., 1956.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Adams, Rufus —
of Canterbury, Windham
County, Conn.
Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Canterbury, 1820, 1827.
Burial location unknown.
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Adams, Rufus —
of Layton, Davis
County, Utah.
Postmaster at Layton,
Utah, 1901.
Burial location unknown.
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Adams, Rufus D. —
of Salem, Essex
County, Mass.
Mayor
of Salem, Mass., 1911-12.
Burial location unknown.
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U. See Russell U. Adams |
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Adams, Russell H. —
of Clairton, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1932.
Burial location unknown.
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Adams, Russell U.
(1888-1957) —
also known as Russ U. Adams —
of Sistersville, Tyler
County, W.Va.
Born in 1888.
Democrat. Candidate for West
Virginia state senate 2nd District, 1946; chair of
Tyler County Democratic Party, 1949-55.
Died in 1957
(age about
69 years).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Sistersville, W.Va.
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Adams, Ruth —
of McPherson, McPherson
County, Kan.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kansas, 1984.
Female.
Still living as of 1984.
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Adams, Ruthie M. —
of Holly Springs, Marshall
County, Miss.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Mississippi, 1980.
Female.
Still living as of 1980.
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