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D.</a> — of Oregon. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Oregon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/OR.html">1940</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="368.70.82">Adams, O. Webster, Jr.</a> — of Salt Lake City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/SL-lived.html">Salt Lake County</a>, Utah. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Utah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/UT.html">1960</a>. Still living as of 1960. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="109.04.91">Adams, Oliver</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MA-lived.html">Macomb County</a>, Mich. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Macomb County 2nd District, 1853-54. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="364.12.66">Adams, Oliver Holt</a> (1860-1946) — also known as Oliver H. Adams — of Mt. Pleasant, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IS-lived.html">Isabella County</a>, Mich. Born in Coe Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IS-born.html">Isabella County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1860/04-28.html">April 28, 1860</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lumber.html">lumber business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IS-officials.html">Isabella County Treasurer</a>, 1901-02; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Isabella County, 1905-08. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1946/index.html">1946</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/86.html">about 86 years</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="532.82.56">Adams, Omar</a> — of Brooklyn Center, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/HE-lived.html">Hennepin County</a>, Minn. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2008/MN.html">2008</a>. Still living as of 2008. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="428.65.01">Adams, Orly Edwin</a> (1859-1937) — also known as Orly E. Adams — of Brazil, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/CY-lived.html">Clay County</a>, Ind. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1859/index.html">1859</a>. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/brazil.html#2">Brazil, Ind.</a>, 1910-14. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1937/index.html">1937</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">about 78 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/VI-buried.html#cms05747">Roselawn Memorial Park</a>, Terre Haute, Ind. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married to Mary Nees.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/189092038">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="749.53.19">Adams, Oscar</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/GE-lived.html">Genesee County</a>, Mich. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Genesee County 2nd District, 1871-72. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="626.36.58">Adams, Oscar</a> — of Cheboygan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/CB-lived.html">Cheboygan County</a>, Mich. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cirjd.html">Circuit judge in Michigan</a> 33rd Circuit, 1894-99. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="768.48.03">Adams, Oscar William, Jr.</a> (1925-1997) — also known as Oscar W. Adams — of Birmingham, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/JF-lived.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ala. Born in Birmingham, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/JF-born.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1925/02-07.html">February 7, 1925</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/spaj.html">associate justice of Alabama state supreme court</a>, 1980-93. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">African Methodist Episcopal</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/nat-bar-assoc.html">National Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-jud-soc.html">American Judicature Society</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/omega-psi-phi.html">Omega Psi Phi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/naacp.html">NAACP</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/first.html">First</a> African-American ever elected to statewide office in Alabama. Died of an <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/infection.html">infection</a> related to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/cancer.html">cancer</a>, in Baptist <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Medical Center</a>-Montclair, Birmingham, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/JF-died.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1997/02-15.html">February 15, 1997</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 8 days</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="061.95.77">Adams, Owen J.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/UP-lived.html">Upson County</a>, Ga. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/sthse.html">Georgia state house of representatives</a> from Upson County, 1951-54. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="227.46.07">Adams, P. E.</a> — of White River Junction, Hartford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/WI-lived.html">Windsor County</a>, Vt. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Vermont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/VT.html">1912</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="433.52.89">Adams, Parmenio</a> (1776-1832) — of New York. Born in Hartford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-born.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1776/09-09.html">September 9, 1776</a>. Major in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/GE-officials.html">Genesee County Sheriff</a>, 1818-21; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 29th District, 1824-27. Died in Alexander, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/GE-died.html">Genesee County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1832/02-19.html">February 19, 1832</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/55.html">55 years, 163 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WY-buried.html#cms00115">Forest Hill Cemetery</a>, Attica, N.Y. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Parmenio Adams (1747-1809) and Chloe (Nearing) Adams; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1795/10-23.html">October 23, 1795</a>, to Eleanor Wells; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/case.html#788.84.18">Hezekiah Case</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/holcomb-holdaway.html#292.83.71">Joseph Wells Holcomb</a>; first cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/holcomb-holdaway.html#562.30.64">Edmond Alfred Holcomb</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/case.html#002.57.43">Abiel Case</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/case.html#156.31.83">Asahel Pierson Case</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/case.html#598.27.26">Hiram Bidwell Case</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/phelps.html#929.47.54">Noah Phelps</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wheeler.html#544.04.20">Nelson Platt Wheeler</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wheeler.html#779.46.46">William Egbert Wheeler</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/case.html#690.18.87">William Lucius Case</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wheeler.html#783.16.57">Alexander Royal Wheeler</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/case.html#069.04.57">Leonard Leach Case</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/case.html#904.82.30">Almon Case</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/petitpren-pettis.html#896.34.14">Augustus Pettibone</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter1.html#961.34.21">Augustus Seymour Porter (1769-1849)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter7.html#448.03.00">Peter Buell Porter</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/phelps.html#743.86.80">Elisha Phelps</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/petitpren-pettis.html#064.94.72">Rufus Pettibone</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/petitpren-pettis.html#162.55.81">Amos Pettibone</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/holcomb-holdaway.html#147.60.12">Anson Levi Holcomb</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/glassbrook-glenmore.html#686.10.79">William Gleason Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/merrill.html#247.17.45">Selah Merrill</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/holcomb-holdaway.html#973.59.02">Allen Jacob Holcomb</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/edwards7.html#335.52.14">Pierpont Edwards</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tansil-tatar.html#885.86.01">Charles Ogden Tappan</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/glassbrook-glenmore.html#999.23.98">Lafayette Blanchard Gleason</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ellsworth.html#305.86.24">Oliver Ellsworth</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blodget-blouin.html#580.47.10">Abijah Blodget</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter1.html#578.27.47">Augustus Seymour Porter (1798-1872)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/case.html#177.15.53">Jairus Case</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter7.html#089.34.88">Peter Buell Porter Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/phelps.html#826.92.69">Norman A. Phelps</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fiero-finan.html#143.74.78">Oliver Dwight Filley</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#013.58.69">William Dean Kellogg</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/phelps.html#448.15.94">John Smith Phelps</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter7.html#715.43.49">Peter Augustus Porter (1827-1864)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/petitpren-pettis.html#554.77.78">Augustus Herman Pettibone</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#658.04.77">Edwin Carpenter Pinney</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davenport.html#262.65.85">John Davenport</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burr.html#748.36.81">Aaron Burr</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davenport.html#802.92.13">James Davenport</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/duvall-dworzanski.html#542.62.04">Theodore Dwight</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/griswold.html#039.79.42">Gaylord Griswold</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/trumbull.html#300.46.46">Benjamin Trumbull</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/edwards4.html#127.62.71">Henry Waggaman Edwards</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fort-fossum.html#669.66.02">Oliver Owen Forward</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/phelps.html#298.22.09">Lancelot Phelps</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fort-fossum.html#373.23.51">Walter Forward</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fort-fossum.html#346.43.04">Chauncey Forward</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stratton.html#903.58.66">Charles Creighton Stratton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blodget-blouin.html#241.23.80">Harrison Blodget</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stratton.html#622.10.14">John Leake Newbold Stratton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/griswold.html#575.32.41">Timothy E. Griswold</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/phelps.html#550.74.35">William Walter Phelps</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams1.html#473.76.60">Alvarus Payson Adams</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter7.html#905.50.52">Peter Augustus Porter (1853-1925)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hotchkiss-hougen.html#199.33.69">James Levi Hotchkiss</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/small.html#051.62.54">Phineas Orange Small</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#875.21.09">Claude Carpenter Pinney</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000042">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400703">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parmenio Adams">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/12669367">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=110625">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="905.63.62">Adams, Patrick J.</a> — of Saybrook, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/MI-lived.html">Middlesex County</a>, Conn. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Saybrook, 1918. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="188.79.38">Adams, Paul L.</a> — of New York. Conservative. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/gov.html">Governor of New York</a>, 1966. Still living as of 1966. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/378/93.70.jpg" width=70 height=112 border=0 alt="Paul L. Adams"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="378.93.70">Adams, Paul Lincoln</a> (1908-1990) — also known as Paul L. Adams — of Sault Ste. Marie, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/CP-lived.html">Chippewa County</a>, Mich.; East Lansing, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IN-lived.html">Ingham County</a>, Mich.; Bath Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/CN-lived.html">Clinton County</a>, Mich. Born in Sault Ste. Marie, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/CP-born.html">Chippewa County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1908/04-09.html">April 9, 1908</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/saultsaintemarie.html">mayor of Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.</a>, 1938-42; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a> 11th District, 1942; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/uofm.html">University of Michigan board of regents</a>, 1956-57; resigned 1957; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/attygn.html">Michigan state attorney general</a>, 1958-61; appointed 1958; resigned 1961; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/MI.html">1960</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/spju.html">justice of Michigan state supreme court</a>, 1962, 1964-72; appointed 1962; defeated, 1962. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-eta-sigma.html">Phi Eta Sigma</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>. Died in Lansing, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IN-died.html">Ingham County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1990/11-23.html">November 23, 1990</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 228 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of John Newton Adams and Angela (Moloney) Adams; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1934/07-28.html">July 28, 1934</a>, to Ruth Karpinski.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul L. Adams">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href=" http://micourthistory.org/justices/paul-adams">Michigan Supreme Court Historical Society</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Michigan Manual 1957-58</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Adams, Payson See <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams1.html#473.76.60">Alvarus Payson Adams</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="412.33.88">Adams, Percy D.</a> — Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 13th District, 1890. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="748.45.18">Adams, Percy D.</a> — of Greenwich, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-lived.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Greenwich, 1910. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="186.84.17">Adams, Peter C.</a> — of New York. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> Middle District, 1805-09. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Adams, Peter Chardon Brooks See <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams1.html#938.47.07">Brooks Adams</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="035.07.97">Adams, Peter I.</a> — of Stockbridge, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-lived.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/sthse.html">Massachusetts state house of representatives</a> Sixth Berkshire District, 1917-18. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="870.62.78">Adams, Peter R.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/LE-lived.html">Lenawee County</a>, Mich. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cncn4.html">Delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention</a>, 1850. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="957.06.09">Adams, Peter R.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/WY-lived.html">Wyandotte County</a>, Kan. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/ofc/stsen.html">Kansas state senate</a> 4th District, 2000. Still living as of 2000. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="450.64.57">Adams, Philip</a> (1881-1956) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-lived.html">Washington</a>, D.C.; Cambridge, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/MI-lived.html">Middlesex County</a>, Mass. Born in Honolulu, Island of Oahu, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/HI/HO-born.html">Honolulu County</a>, Hawaii, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1881/06-26.html">June 26, 1881</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">College teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/artist.html">portrait</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/artist.html">landscape painter</a>; U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/FR-consuls.html ">Paris</a>, 1922-24; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/MT-consuls.html ">Malta</a>, 1924-26; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/NB-consuls.html ">Campbellton</a>, 1928-29; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ON-consuls.html ">Sarnia</a>, 1929-32; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/NB-consuls.html ">Saint John</a>, 1932; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ED-consuls.html ">London</a>, 1938. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/unitarian.html">Unitarian</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/VO-died.html">Volusia County</a>, Fla., March, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1956/index.html">1956</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 0 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/VO-buried.html# ">Edgewater New Smyrna Cemetery</a>, Edgewater, Fla. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Edward Payson Adams and Ellen Germaine (Fisher) Adams.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/33559535">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Adams, Pinckney H. See <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams5.html#098.98.22">J. Pinckney H. Adams</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="046.93.08">Adams, Platt</a> — of Durham, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/GR-lived.html">Greene County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Greene County, 1820-21, 1839; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 10th District, 1848-49. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="912.82.73">Adams, Platt</a> — of East Orange, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ES-lived.html">Essex County</a>, N.J. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a> from Essex County, 1923; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/NJ.html">1940</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="854.95.47">Adams, R. F.</a> — of Hartville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/WI-lived.html">Wright County</a>, Mo. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/WI-parties.html">Chair of Wright County Democratic Party</a>, 1903. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Adams, Ray See <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams9.html#017.04.22">Walter Ray Adams</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="172.46.77">Adams, Rebecca</a> — of Middlefield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/MI-lived.html">Middlesex County</a>, Conn. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2008/CT.html">2008</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2008. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="606.68.37">Adams, Richard, Sr.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/rm-lived.html">Richmond</a>, Va. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/richmond.html">Mayor of Richmond, Va.</a>, 1787-88. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="913.64.98">Adams, Richard Easton</a> (1833-1913) — also known as Richard E. Adams — Born in Georgia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1833/11-19.html">November 19, 1833</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/sthse.html">Georgia state house of representatives</a>, 1886-87. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1913/08-21.html">August 21, 1913</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 275 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/EL-buried.html#cms00554">Elmhurst Cemetery</a>, Elberton, Ga. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Abner Adams and Betsy (Fortson) Adams; married to Antoinette Cleveland; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams9.html#759.54.41">Willis B. Adams</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/12798.html">Heard family</a> of Elberton, Georgia.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/44202862">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="186.40.68">Adams, Richard F.</a> — of Illinois. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/stsen.html">Illinois state senate</a> 5th District, 1861-63. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="213.21.09">Adams, Richard L.</a> — of Laureldale, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-lived.html">Berks County</a>, Pa. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a> from Berks County 4th District; elected 1960; defeated, 1964. Still living as of 1964. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="977.85.67">Adams, Rob</a> — of Sedona, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/CC-lived.html">Coconino County</a>, Ariz. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/ofc/sedona.html">Mayor of Sedona, Ariz.</a>, 2013. Still living as of 2014. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="625.30.84">Adams, Robert</a> — of Waynesburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/GR-lived.html">Greene County</a>, Pa. Whig. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/waynesburg.html#3">Waynesburg, Pa.</a>, 1841-43. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="123.36.89">Adams, Robert, Jr.</a> (1849-1906) — also known as Bertie Adams — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa. Born in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-born.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1849/02-26.html">February 26, 1849</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/stsen.html">Pennsylvania state senate</a> 6th District, 1883-86; U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/BZ-diplomats.html ">Brazil</a>, 1889-90; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 2nd District, 1893-1906; died in office 1906; drafted and introduced the declaration of war against Spain, 1898. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/soc-cincinnati.html">Society of the Cincinnati</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-am-rev.html">Sons of the Revolution</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/soc-war-1812.html">Sons of the War of 1812</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/soc-colonial-wars.html">Society of Colonial Wars</a>. Despondent over heavy losses in stock speculation and the prospect of defeat at the polls, he <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/suicide.html">killed himself</a> by <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">pistol shot</a>, in his rooms at the Metropolitan Club, and died soon after in Emergency <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1906/06-01.html">June 1, 1906</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/57.html">57 years, 95 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-buried.html#cms00362">Laurel Hill Cemetery</a>, Philadelphia, Pa. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000044">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400705">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert Adams Jr.">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/adams-robert">U.S. State Dept career summary</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/763/000118409">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/21655">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="812.56.44">Adams, Robert</a> (b. 1915) — also known as Bob Adams — of Cheyenne, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WY/LA-lived.html">Laramie County</a>, Wyo. Born in Salem, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/SA-born.html">Salem County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1915/06-17.html">June 17, 1915</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">Insurance business</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Wyoming, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/WY.html">1952</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WY/ofc/sthse.html">Wyoming state house of representatives</a> from Laramie County, 1957, 1965; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WY/ofc/stsen.html">Wyoming state senate</a>, 1967. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="746.18.52">Adams, Robert, (VI)</a> (b. 1963) — of Columbia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/RI-lived.html">Richland County</a>, S.C. Born, in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/born-hospital.html">hospital</a> at Columbia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/RI-born.html">Richland County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1963/07-03.html">July 3, 1963</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lobbyist.html">Lobbyist</a>; campaign manager for U.S. Sen. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thurmond-thwing.html#176.16.91">Strom Thurmond</a>, 1990, and Gov. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beardmore-beattie.html#004.68.30">David Beasley</a>, 1994; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/sthse.html">South Carolina state house of representatives</a>, 1996. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Still living as of 2004. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams9.html#439.76.06">Weston Adams II</a>; third great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams5.html#522.77.63">Joel Adams</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/14828.html">Adams family</a> of Congaree, South Carolina.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="493.91.62">Adams, Robert H.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/BU-lived.html">Buchanan County</a>, Mo. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Buchanan County 3rd District, 1929-30. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="469.06.02">Adams, Robert Huntington</a> (1792-1830) — also known as Robert H. Adams — of Natchez, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/AD-lived.html">Adams County</a>, Miss. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/RB-born.html">Rockbridge County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1792/index.html">1792</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/ofc/sthse.html">Mississippi state house of representatives</a>, 1828; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Mississippi</a>, 1830; died in office 1830. Died in Natchez, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/AD-died.html">Adams County</a>, Miss., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1830/07-02.html">July 2, 1830</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/38.html">about 38 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/AD-buried.html#cms00363">Natchez City Cemetery</a>, Natchez, Miss. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of John Adams.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000043">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400704">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert H. Adams">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7900166">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="876.54.33">Adams, Robert L.</a> — Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/gov.html">Governor of New Jersey</a>, 1949. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="152.66.23">Adams, Robert L.</a> — also known as Bob Adams — of Casper, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WY/NA-lived.html">Natrona County</a>, Wyo. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WY/ofc/sthse.html">Wyoming state house of representatives</a> from Natrona County, 1965. Still living as of 1965. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="191.14.40">Adams, Robert McCormick</a> (b. 1890) — of Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. Born in Webster Groves, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/SS-born.html">St. Louis County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1890/06-17.html">June 17, 1890</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/IL.html">1924</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/IL.html">1940</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1944/IL.html">1944</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1948/IL.html">1948</a> (alternate); candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a> at-large, 1936. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-phi.html">Phi Delta Phi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/mil-ord-world-wars.html">Military Order of the World Wars</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Robert McCormick Adams and Virginia (Claiborne) Adams; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1924/05-03.html">May 3, 1924</a>, to Janet Lawrence.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="768.03.58">Adams, Robert N.</a> (b. 1844) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/CP-lived.html">Chippewa County</a>, Mich. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1844/index.html">1844</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Chippewa County, 1903-06. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="122.87.27">Adams, Robert T.</a> — of Dallas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/DA-lived.html">Dallas County</a>, Tex. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/dallas.html">mayor of Dallas, Tex.</a>, 1898. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="648.55.02">Adams, Robley D.</a> — of Illinois. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/stsen.html">Illinois state senate</a> 44th District, 1885-89. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="481.62.00">Adams, Roger B.</a> — of Jaffrey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/CH-lived.html">Cheshire County</a>, N.H. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/sthse.html">New Hampshire state house of representatives</a> from Jaffrey, 1938. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="943.98.12">Adams, Ron</a> — Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Kansas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2012/KS.html">2012</a>. Still living as of 2012. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="558.22.21">Adams, Ronald R.</a> — of Brunswick, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/GL-lived.html">Glynn County</a>, Ga. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1968/GA.html">1968</a>. Still living as of 1968. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="764.41.79">Adams, Roswell</a> — of Lisbon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NL-lived.html">New London County</a>, Conn. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Lisbon, 1828. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="661.87.08">Adams, Roy L. O.</a> — of Compton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/CA.html">1952</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="823.41.94">Adams, Roy W.</a> — of Vancouver, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/CL-lived.html">Clark County</a>, Wash. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/ofc/vancouver.html">Mayor of Vancouver, Wash.</a>, 1956. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="672.54.77">Adams, Rufus</a> — of Canterbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/WI-lived.html">Windham County</a>, Conn. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Canterbury, 1820, 1827. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="991.96.48">Adams, Rufus</a> — of Layton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/DA-lived.html">Davis County</a>, Utah. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/ofc/layton.html#2">Layton, Utah</a>, 1901. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="528.35.19">Adams, Rufus D.</a> — of Salem, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ES-lived.html">Essex County</a>, Mass. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/salem.html">Mayor of Salem, Mass.</a>, 1911-12. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Adams, Russ U. See <a href="#360.30.60">Russell U. Adams</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="197.52.18">Adams, Russell H.</a> — of Clairton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AL-lived.html">Allegheny County</a>, Pa. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1932/PA.html">1932</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="360.30.60">Adams, Russell U.</a> (1888-1957) — also known as Russ U. Adams — of Sistersville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/TY-lived.html">Tyler County</a>, W.Va. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1888/index.html">1888</a>. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/stsen.html">West Virginia state senate</a> 2nd District, 1946; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/TY-parties.html">chair of Tyler County Democratic Party</a>, 1949-55. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1957/index.html">1957</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">about 69 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/TY-buried.html#cms08507">Greenwood Cemetery</a>, Sistersville, W.Va. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/16972038">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="867.64.20">Adams, Ruth</a> — of McPherson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/MP-lived.html">McPherson County</a>, Kan. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kansas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1984/KS.html">1984</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. 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