Note: This is just one of 1,164 family groupings listed on The Political Graveyard web site. These families each have three or more politician members, all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption.

These groupings — even the names of the groupings, and the areas of main activity — are the result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have, not the choices of any historian or genealogist.

	Joel Adams (1750-1830) — of South Carolina. Born in Virginia, February 4, 1750. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; planter; member of South Carolina state house of representatives, 1814-15. Baptist. Died in Congaree, Richland District (now Richland County), S.C., July 9, 1830 (age 80 years, 155 days). Interment at St. John's Episcopal Churchyard, Congaree, S.C.   Relatives: Married to Grace Weston; father of Joel Adams II and William Weston Adams; grandfather of James Uriah Adams, James Hopkins Adams and James Pickett Adams; great-grandfather of Henry Walker Adams; second great-grandfather of Weston Adams II; third great-grandfather of Edward Clarkson Leverette Adams and Robert Adams (VI).   Political family: Adams family of Congaree, South Carolina.   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
	Joel Adams II (1784-1859) — Born in Congaree, Richland District (now Richland County), S.C., March 6, 1784. Planter; member of South Carolina state house of representatives, 1832-33. Died in Congaree, Richland District (now Richland County), S.C., May 1, 1859 (age 75 years, 56 days). Interment somewhere in Richland County, S.C.   Relatives: Son of Joel Adams; brother of William Weston Adams; uncle of James Uriah Adams, James Hopkins Adams and James Pickett Adams; granduncle of Henry Walker Adams.   Political family: Adams family of Congaree, South Carolina.
	William Weston Adams (1786-1831) — Born in Congaree, Richland District (now Richland County), S.C., October 15, 1786. Physician; member of South Carolina state house of representatives, 1816-17. Died in Congaree, Richland District (now Richland County), S.C., 1831 (age about 44 years). Interment somewhere in Richland County, S.C.   Relatives: Son of Joel Adams and Grace Weston Adams; brother of Joel Adams II; married, November 6, 1811, to Sarah Epps Goodwyn; uncle of James Uriah Adams, James Hopkins Adams and James Pickett Adams; granduncle of Henry Walker Adams.   Political family: Adams family of Congaree, South Carolina.
	James Hopkins Adams (1812-1861) — also known as James H. Adams — of Gadsden, Richland District (now Richland County), S.C. Born in Congaree, Richland District (now Richland County), S.C., March 15, 1812. Planter; member of South Carolina state house of representatives, 1834-37, 1840-41, 1848-49; member of South Carolina state senate, 1851-54; candidate for Presidential Elector for South Carolina; Governor of South Carolina, 1854-56; delegate to South Carolina secession convention from Richland, 1860-61; died in office 1861. Episcopalian. Died in Columbia, Richland District (now Richland County), S.C., July 13, 1861 (age 49 years, 120 days). Interment at St. John's Episcopal Churchyard, Congaree, S.C.   Relatives: Son of Henry Walker Adams and Mary Goodwyn Adams; married 1832 to Jane Margaret Scott; nephew of Joel Adams II and William Weston Adams; uncle of Henry Walker Adams (1852-1903); grandson of Joel Adams; first cousin of James Uriah Adams and James Pickett Adams.   Political family: Adams family of Congaree, South Carolina.   See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
	James Uriah Adams (1812-1871) — Born in Richland District (now Richland County), S.C., February 12, 1812. Planter; member of South Carolina state house of representatives, 1864. Died in Richland County, S.C., March 7, 1871 (age 59 years, 23 days). Interment at St. John's Episcopal Churchyard, Congaree, S.C.   Relatives: Father of Henry Walker Adams; nephew of Joel Adams II and William Weston Adams; grandson of Joel Adams; first cousin of James Hopkins Adams and James Pickett Adams.   Political family: Adams family of Congaree, South Carolina.
	James Pickett Adams (1828-1904) — Born in Richland District (now Richland County), S.C., September 2, 1828. Democrat. Lawyer; member of South Carolina state house of representatives, 1858-61, 1888-89; major in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1872. Died in Richland County, S.C., November 1, 1904 (age 76 years, 60 days). Interment at St. John's Episcopal Churchyard, Congaree, S.C.   Relatives: Nephew of Joel Adams II and William Weston Adams; uncle of Henry Walker Adams; grandson of Joel Adams; first cousin of James Uriah Adams and James Hopkins Adams.   Political family: Adams family of Congaree, South Carolina.
	Henry Walker Adams (1852-1903) — of Richland County, S.C. Born in Richland District (now Richland County), S.C., December 5, 1852. Member of South Carolina state house of representatives from Richland County, 1894-96. Died in Richland County, S.C., March 3, 1903 (age 50 years, 88 days). Interment somewhere in Richland County, S.C.   Relatives: Son of James Uriah Adams; nephew of James Hopkins Adams and James Pickett Adams; grandnephew of Joel Adams II and William Weston Adams; great-grandson of Joel Adams.   Political family: Adams family of Congaree, South Carolina.
	Edward Clarkson Leverette Adams (1876-1946) — also known as Ned Adams — Born in Richland County, S.C., January 5, 1876. Physician; farmer; author; candidate for Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina, 1916, 1922; served in the U.S. Army during World War I. Died in Richland County, S.C., November 1, 1946 (age 70 years, 300 days). Interment somewhere in Richland County, S.C.   Relatives: Third great-grandson of Joel Adams.   Political family: Adams family of Congaree, South Carolina.
	Weston Adams II (b. 1938) — of Columbia, Richland County, S.C. Born in Columbia, Richland County, S.C., September 15, 1938. Republican. Lawyer; member of South Carolina state house of representatives, 1972-74; delegate to Republican National Convention from South Carolina, 1976, 1980 (alternate), 1988, 1992, 1996 (alternate); candidate for Presidential Elector for South Carolina; U.S. Ambassador to Malawi, 1984-86; producer of the movie Strike the Tent (2005). Episcopalian. Still living as of 2005.   Relatives: Father of Robert Adams (VI); second great-grandson of Joel Adams.   Political family: Adams family of Congaree, South Carolina.   See also Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — Internet Movie Database profile
	Robert Adams (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.   Relatives: Son of Weston Adams II; third great-grandson of Joel Adams.   Political family: Adams family of Congaree, South Carolina.