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A. See <a href="#284.92.90">Annette Abbott Adams</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Adams, A. A. See <a href="#738.09.84">Alfred Armstrong 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="663.31.39">Adams, A. B.</a> — of Macon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/BB-lived.html">Bibb County</a>, Ga. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/macon.html">Mayor of Macon, Ga.</a>, 1857. 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="825.13.05">Adams, A. E.</a> — of Piketon (now Pikeville), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/PI-lived.html">Pike County</a>, Ky. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1880/KY.html">1880</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> Adams, A. Maitland See <a href="#265.55.75">Aurelius Maitland Adams</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Adams, A. Payson See <a href="#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="958.80.48">Adams, A. Q.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/NE-lived.html">Newaygo County</a>, Mich. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Newaygo County, 1922. 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="926.84.50">Adams, A. S.</a> — of Huntington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/CA-lived.html">Cabell County</a>, W.Va. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from West Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1944/WV.html">1944</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="563.44.90">Adams, A. Virginia</a> — of Vineland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/CU-lived.html">Cumberland County</a>, N.J. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/NJ.html">1960</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</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="836.94.41">Adams, Aaron</a> — Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Sullivan and Ulster counties, 1815-16. 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="780.65.67">Adams, Abe</a> — of Washington. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Washington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/WA.html">2000</a>. 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="985.09.87">Adams, Abel</a> — of Simsbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Simsbury, 1831. 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="432.12.41">Adams, Abigail</a> (1744-1818) — also known as Abigail Quincy Smith — Born in Weymouth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/NO-born.html">Norfolk County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1744/11-22.html">November 22, 1744</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/second.html">Second Lady of the United States</a>, 1789-97; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/first.html">First Lady of the United States</a>, 1797-1801. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/unitarian.html">Unitarian</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a> ancestry. Died in Quincy, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/NO-died.html">Norfolk County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1818/10-28.html">October 28, 1818</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 340 days</a>). Original interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/NO-buried.html#cms07299">Hancock Cemetery</a>, Quincy, Mass.; reinterment in 1828 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/NO-buried.html#cms02213">United First Parish Church</a>, Quincy, Mass. <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: Daughter of William Adams and Elizabeth (Quincy) Adams; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1764/10-25.html">October 25, 1764</a>, to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams5.html#675.84.63">John Adams</a>; mother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams5.html#951.27.66">John Quincy Adams (1767-1848)</a> (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams6.html#194.84.36">Louisa Catherine Johnson</a>); aunt of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/crampton-crandall.html#350.99.32">William Cranch</a>; grandmother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams4.html#964.94.01">George Washington Adams</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams2.html#667.46.85">Charles Francis Adams (1807-1886)</a>; great-grandmother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams5.html#686.41.46">John Quincy Adams (1833-1894)</a> and <a href="#938.47.07">Brooks Adams</a>; second great-grandmother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams2.html#945.56.41">Charles Francis Adams (1866-1954)</a>; third great-grandmother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams8.html#433.61.01">Thomas Boylston Adams</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sewall.html#196.78.65">Samuel Sewall</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/quiles-quinlivan.html#300.41.36">Josiah Quincy (1772-1864)</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/quiles-quinlivan.html#071.51.18">Josiah Quincy Jr.</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/quiles-quinlivan.html#162.82.17">Samuel Miller Quincy</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/quiles-quinlivan.html#047.27.05">Josiah Quincy (1859-1919)</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 families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0124.html">Sewall-Adams-Quincy family</a> of Maine (subsets 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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abigail Adams">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/4">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=34178">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="267.93.44">Adams, Addis V.</a> (1903-1983) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-lived.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/12-21.html">December 21, 1903</a>. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Monroe County 1st District, 1932. Died in August, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1983/index.html">1983</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 0 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="258.64.59">Adams, Adell</a> — of Columbia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/RI-lived.html">Richland County</a>, S.C. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/SC.html">1996</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/SC.html">2000</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. 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> Adams, Al See <a href="#683.61.20">Albert Adams</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Adams, Al J. See <a href="#874.51.36">Albert Joseph 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="396.07.10">Adams, Alan G.</a> — of Lexington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/MI-lived.html">Middlesex County</a>, Mass. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/MA.html">1956</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="756.98.27">Adams, Albert, Sr.</a> — of Michigan. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 20th District, 1928. 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="683.61.20">Adams, Albert</a> (b. 1942) — also known as Al Adams — of Alaska. Born in Kotzebue, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AK/NA-born.html">Northwest Arctic Borough</a>, Alaska, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1942/06-18.html">June 18, 1942</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AK/ofc/sthse.html">Alaska state house of representatives</a>, 1981-88; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AK/ofc/stsen.html">Alaska state senate</a> District S, 1989-. Still living as of 1999. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="708.09.25">Adams, Albert H.</a> — Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 6th District, 1940. 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="874.51.36">Adams, Albert Joseph</a> (b. 1894) — also known as Al J. Adams — of Sisseton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/RO-lived.html">Roberts County</a>, S.Dak. Born in Minnesota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1894/12-19.html">December 19, 1894</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/printing.html">Printing business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper publisher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/RO-parties.html">chair of Roberts County Republican Party</a>, 1926-27; delegate to Republican National Convention from South Dakota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1932/SD.html">1932</a>; candidate for Presidential Elector for South Dakota. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</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 Michael Adams and Rose (Cook) Adams; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1917/">1917</a> to Grace Marguerite Woodworth.</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, Albeus See <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams8.html#143.03.19">T. Albeus 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="999.41.69">Adams, Alden</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/JF-lived.html">Jefferson County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Jefferson County 2nd District, 1854. 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="904.19.85">Adams, Alex</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/OC-lived.html">Ocean County</a>, N.J. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a> from Ocean County, 1934-35. 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="738.09.84">Adams, Alfred Armstrong</a> (b. 1865) — also known as A. A. Adams — of Lebanon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/WL-lived.html">Wilson County</a>, Tenn. Born in Mt. Juliet, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/WL-born.html">Wilson County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1865/04-09.html">April 9, 1865</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/sthse.html">Tennessee state house of representatives</a>, 1901-02, 1929-30; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/stsen.html">Tennessee state senate</a>, 1903-05, 1911-13; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/TN.html">1916</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/committees.html">Committee on Rules and Order of Business</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish-rite-masons.html">Scottish Rite Masons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</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 Alfred Armstrong Adams and Margaret Jarman (Gleaves) Adams; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/08-29.html">August 29, 1889</a>, to Mary Dove Albright.</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="968.88.67">Adams, Allen F.</a> — Socialist. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Idaho</a>, 1934. 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="322.19.25">Adams, Allison Leland</a> (1867-1920) — also known as Allison L. Adams — of Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-lived.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y. Born in Missouri, January, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1867/index.html">1867</a>. Republican. Manager, tax and insurance department, Equitable <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Trust Company</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 8th District, 1918. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/royal-arch-masons.html">Royal Arch Masons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/royal-arcanum.html">Royal Arcanum</a>. Died in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-died.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1920/04-27.html">April 27, 1920</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/53.html">53 years, 0 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-buried.html#cms00142">Green-Wood Cemetery</a>, Brooklyn, 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">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/59373075">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="699.87.95">Adams, Alma Shealey</a> (b. 1946) — also known as Alma Adams; Alma Shealey — of Greensboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/GU-lived.html">Guilford County</a>, N.C. Born in High Point, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/GU-born.html">Guilford County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1946/05-27.html">May 27, 1946</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/artist.html">Artist</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">college professor</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/sthse.html">North Carolina state house of representatives</a> 58th District, 1994-2014; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from North Carolina</a> 12th District, 2014-. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. Still living as of 2018. <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=A000370">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alma Adams">Wikipedia article</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="650.54.39">Adams, Alto Lee</a> (1899-1988) — also known as Alto Adams — of Tallahassee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/LO-lived.html">Leon County</a>, Fla.; Delray Beach, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/PB-lived.html">Palm Beach County</a>, Fla. Born in DeFuniak Springs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/WL-born.html">Walton County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/01-31.html">January 31, 1899</a>. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">rancher</a>; circuit judge in Florida, 1938-40; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/spju.html">justice of Florida state supreme court</a>, 1940-51, 1967-68. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>. Died in Fort Pierce, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/SL-died.html">St. Lucie County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1988/02-20.html">February 20, 1988</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/89.html">89 years, 20 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/SL-buried.html# ">Harrison Cemetery</a>, Fort Pierce, 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 Lanyer Adams and Octavia (Crosby) Adams; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1925/06-30.html">June 30, 1925</a>, to Carra Manola Williams.</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/34347229">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="527.08.96">Adams, Alva</a> (1850-1922) — of Pueblo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/PU-lived.html">Pueblo County</a>, Colo. Born in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/born-log-cabin.html">log cabin</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/IA-born.html">Iowa County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1850/05-14.html">May 14, 1850</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/hardware.html">Hardware merchant</a>; member of Colorado state legislature, 1876; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Colorado, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1880/CO.html">1880</a> (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1880/officers.html">Convention Vice-President</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1904/CO.html">1904</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1904/committees.html">Credentials Committee</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1904/speakers.html">speaker</a>); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Colorado</a>, 1887-89, 1897-99, 1905; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/CO.html">Democratic National Committee from Colorado</a>, 1908-. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died at a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/nursing-homes.html">sanitarium</a> in Battle Creek, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/CL-died.html">Calhoun County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1922/11-01.html">November 1, 1922</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 171 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/PU-buried.html#cms00358">Roselawn Cemetery</a>, Pueblo, Colo. <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/adams5.html#382.11.73">John Adams</a> and Eliza (Blanchard) Adams; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams9.html#917.12.22">William Herbert Adams</a>; married to Ella Charlotte Nye; father of <a href="#553.38.74">Alva Blanchard Adams</a>; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams4.html#003.83.24">Harry Wilfred Adams</a>; grandfather of <a href="#082.99.55">Alva Blanchard Adams Jr.</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/11311.html">Adams family</a> of Pueblo, Colorado.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/AD.html">Adams County, Colo.</a> is named for him.</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://www.nga.org/governor/alva-adams/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alva Adams (governor)">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6404548">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/51029368566/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/553/38.74.jpg" width=70 height=105 border=0 alt="Alva B. Adams"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="553.38.74">Adams, Alva Blanchard</a> (1875-1941) — also known as Alva B. Adams — of Pueblo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/PU-lived.html">Pueblo County</a>, Colo. Born in Del Norte, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/RG-born.html">Rio Grande County</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1875/10-29.html">October 29, 1875</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Colorado, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/CO.html">1916</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/committees.html">Committee on Rules and Order of Business</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1936/CO.html">1936</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Colorado</a>, 1923-24, 1933-41; defeated, 1924; died in office 1941. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart disease</a>, in the Wardman Park <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/hotels.html">Hotel</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1941/12-01.html">December 1, 1941</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 33 days</a>). Entombed at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/PU-buried.html#cms00358">Roselawn Cemetery</a>, Pueblo, Colo. <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="#527.08.96">Alva Adams</a> and Ella Charlotte (Nye) Adams; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1909/10-25.html">October 25, 1909</a>, to Elizabeth Matty; father of <a href="#082.99.55">Alva Blanchard Adams Jr.</a>; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams9.html#917.12.22">William Herbert 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/11311.html">Adams family</a> of Pueblo, Colorado.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Cross-reference: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lachapelle-ladas.html#549.73.38">William S. B. Lacy</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=A000028">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400689">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alva B. Adams">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6404549">Find-A-Grave memorial</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: Library of Congress</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="082.99.55">Adams, Alva Blanchard, Jr.</a> (1915-1981) — also known as Alva B. Adams, Jr. — of Pueblo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/PU-lived.html">Pueblo County</a>, Colo. Born in Pueblo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/PU-born.html">Pueblo County</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1915/10-21.html">October 21, 1915</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/hardware.html">hardware business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; corporate director, Standard <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/masonry.html">Fire Brick</a> Co., KCRT <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/radiotv.html">radio station</a>, Trinidad, Colo.; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Colorado, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/CO.html">1948</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/CO.html">1952</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/CO.html">1960</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Colorado</a> 3rd District, 1954, 1956. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eagles.html">Eagles</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/toastmasters.html">Toastmasters</a>. Died, while being treated for a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart condition</a>, in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">hospital</a> at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-died.html">Denver</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1981/12-03.html">December 3, 1981</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 43 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/PU-buried.html#cms00358">Roselawn Cemetery</a>, Pueblo, Colo. <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="#553.38.74">Alva Blanchard Adams</a> and Elizabeth (Matty) Adams; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1945/11-19.html">November 19, 1945</a>, to Loretta Kissell; married to Martha 'Marty' Brown; grandson of <a href="#527.08.96">Alva 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/11311.html">Adams family</a> of Pueblo, Colorado.</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/111618574">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="473.76.60">Adams, Alvarus Payson</a> (1844-1920) — also known as A. Payson Adams — of Jay, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/FR-lived.html">Franklin County</a>, Maine. Born in Jay, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/FR-born.html">Franklin County</a>, Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1844/07-07.html">July 7, 1844</a>. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/jay.html">Jay, Maine</a>, 1889-93, 1897-1915. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/kidney.html">nephritis</a>, in Lewiston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/AN-died.html">Androscoggin County</a>, Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1920/11-24.html">November 24, 1920</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 140 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/FR-buried.html# ">Jay Hill Cemetery</a>, Jay, Maine. <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 Alvarus Fiske Adams and Harriet B. (Ross) Adams; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1874/12-31.html">December 31, 1874</a>, to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams4.html#540.82.81">Hester Amelia Noyes</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bigelow.html#472.42.97">Timothy Bigelow</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/read.html#516.26.90">Nathan Read</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams7.html#433.52.89">Parmenio Adams</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bigelow.html#508.73.59">John Prescott Bigelow</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 families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0082.html">Weeks-Bigelow-Andrew-Upham family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0194.html">Davis family</a> of Massachusetts; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0051.html">Upham family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0497.html">Lawrence-Andrew-Rodney-Parrish family</a> of Adel, Georgia (subsets 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://findagrave.com/memorial/122009045">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="731.59.57">Adams, Alvin P., Jr.</a> (b. 1942) — of Virginia. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1942/index.html">1942</a>. Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/DJ-diplomats.html ">Djibouti</a>, 1983-85; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/HT-diplomats.html ">Haiti</a>, 1989-92; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/PU-diplomats.html ">Peru</a>, 1993-96. Still living as of 1996. <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://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/adams-alvin-p">U.S. State Dept career summary</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="944.91.70">Adams, Ambrose</a> — of Simsbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Simsbury, 1836. 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, Amelia See <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams4.html#540.82.81">H. Amelia 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="326.25.32">Adams, Amos</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ST-lived.html">Sacramento County</a>, Calif. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a>, 1861-62, 1863 (9th District 1861-62, 16th District 1863). 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="994.27.38">Adams, Anca</a> — of Texas. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/TX.html">2000</a>. 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="259.69.16">Adams, Andrew</a> (1736-1797) — of Litchfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/LI-lived.html">Litchfield County</a>, Conn. Born in Stratford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-born.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1736/01-07.html">January 7, 1736</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a>, 1776-81; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/spkr.html">Speaker of the Connecticut State House of Representatives</a>, 1779-80; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/ccdel.html">Delegate to Continental Congress from Connecticut</a>, 1777-82; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/founders.html">signer, Articles of Confederation</a>, 1778; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/stcn.html">Connecticut council of assistants</a>, 1781-89; superior court judge in Connecticut, 1789-97; died in office 1797. Died in Litchfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/LI-died.html">Litchfield County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1797/11-26.html">November 26, 1797</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/61.html">61 years, 323 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/LI-buried.html#cms00387">East Cemetery</a>, Litchfield, Conn. <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 Samuel Adams and Mary (Fairchild) Adams; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1765/">1765</a> to Eunice Booth; second great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dayan-deamer.html#232.06.76">Charles Willoughby Dayton</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stilgenbauer-stockslager.html#592.99.74">Rhamanthus Menville Stocker</a>; first cousin six times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith4.html#962.53.70">Henry Perkins Smith III</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/appleton.html#467.11.41">Nathan Appleton</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blodget-blouin.html#241.23.80">Harrison Blodget</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/leakin-leaver.html#534.67.70">Rush Green Leaming</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woodnutt-woodrum.html#795.69.53">Lucian Dallas Woodruff</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blodget-blouin.html#029.69.03">Walter Harrison Blodget</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fairchild.html#485.50.85">George Winthrop Fairchild</a>; second cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilcoxon-wiles.html#670.74.05">Ira R. Wildman</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/witherspoon-woldanski.html#469.63.20">Daniel Parrish Witter</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#363.88.61">Edmund Park Kellogg</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burnette-burnley.html#134.52.56">Alfred Avery Burnham</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 families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0183.html">Choate family</a> of Salem, Massachusetts (subsets 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=A000029">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400690">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew Adams (congressman)">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8045162">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="134.55.95">Adams, Andrew</a> — of Waterbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-lived.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Waterbury, 1820, 1822-25. 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="418.62.26">Adams, Andrew Addison</a> (b. 1864) — also known as Andrew A. Adams — of Columbia City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/WH-lived.html">Whitley County</a>, Ind.; Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born in Columbia City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/WH-born.html">Whitley County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1864/01-27.html">January 27, 1864</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/sthse.html">Indiana state house of representatives</a>, 1888-92; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/IN.html">Indiana Democratic State Committee</a>, 1904; Judge, Indiana Appellate Court, 1910-13; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/IN.html">1912</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/committees.html">Committee to Notify Presidential Nominee</a>). <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/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-gamma-delta.html">Phi Gamma Delta</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 Quincy Adams and Christiana (Elliott) Adams; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1890/">1890</a> to Lois Andrew.</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="140.65.27">Adams, Andrew C.</a> — of Linneus, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/AR-lived.html">Aroostook County</a>, Maine. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/sthse.html">Maine state house of representatives</a> from Aroostook County (2nd), 1931-32. 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="526.05.74">Adams, Andrew N.</a> (b. 1830) — of Fair Haven, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/RU-lived.html">Rutland County</a>, Vt. Born in Fair Haven, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/RU-born.html">Rutland County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1830/01-06.html">January 6, 1830</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/masonry.html">Marble dealer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/sthse.html">Vermont state house of representatives</a> from Fair Haven, 1884; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/stsen.html">Vermont state senate</a> from Rutland County, 1888. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/unitarian.html">Unitarian</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="162.64.79">Adams, Andy</a> — of Litchfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/HI-lived.html">Hillsdale County</a>, Mich. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/MI.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="020.73.92">Adams, Ann</a> — of Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/MO.html">1952</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</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="377.07.25">Adams, Ann</a> — of Mercer Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/KI-lived.html">King County</a>, Wash. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Washington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2004/WA.html">2004</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2008/WA.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> Adams, Anne See <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/afan-aieta.html#556.11.81">Anne Adams Agnew</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="284.92.90">Adams, Annette Abbott</a> (1877-1956) — also known as Annette Abbott; Mrs. A. A. Adams — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-lived.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif. Born in Prattville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/PU-born.html">Plumas County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1877/03-12.html">March 12, 1877</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School principal</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California</a>, 1918-20. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-delta-delta.html">Delta Delta Delta</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1956/10-26.html">October 26, 1956</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 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: Daughter of Hiram Brown Abbott and Annette Frances (Stubbs) Abbott; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1906/08-13.html">August 13, 1906</a>, to M. H. 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/198471135">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="451.12.14">Adams, Anthony</a> — of Stafford Springs, Stafford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/TO-lived.html">Tolland County</a>, Conn. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/stafford.html#3">Warden (borough president) of Stafford Springs, Connecticut</a>, 1897. 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="819.43.44">Adams, Anthony</a> — of Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/detroit.html">mayor of Detroit, Mich.</a>, 2021. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. Still living as of 2021. <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://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=516317">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="062.78.86">Adams, Arlin Marvin</a> (1921-2015) — also known as Arlin M. Adams — Born in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-born.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1921/04-16.html">April 16, 1921</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; Pennsylvania Secretary of Public Welfare, 1963-66; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/us-ct-apps.html">Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit</a>, 1969-87; retired 1987. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-jud-soc.html">American Judicature Society</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>. Died in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-died.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2015/12-22.html">December 22, 2015</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/94.html">94 years, 250 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">See also <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=8&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na">federal judicial profile</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arlin M. Adams">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/adams-arlin-marvin">Biographical Directory of Federal Judges</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="712.58.88">Adams, Armand L.</a> — of Ithaca, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/TO-lived.html">Tompkins County</a>, N.Y. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/cncn9.html">Delegate to New York state constitutional convention</a> 48th District, 1967. Still living as of 1967. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="227.27.30">Adams, Arthur A.</a> — of Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/HA-lived.html">Hampden County</a>, Mass. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/springfield.html">Mayor of Springfield, Mass.</a>, 1919-20. 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="963.17.32">Adams, Arthur F.</a> (1878-1968) — of West Lebanon, Lebanon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/GR-lived.html">Grafton County</a>, N.H. Born in Randolph, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/OR-born.html">Orange County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1878/12-16.html">December 16, 1878</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/sthse.html">New Hampshire state house of representatives</a> from Lebanon, 1943-67. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/protestant.html">Protestant</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/grange.html">Grange</a>. Died in July, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1968/index.html">1968</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/89.html">89 years, 0 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="475.09.51">Adams, Arthur J.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cirjd.html">circuit judge in Michigan</a> 3rd Circuit, 1935. 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="635.77.38">Adams, Arthur Lambert</a> (b. 1889) — also known as Arthur Adams — of Jonesboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/CG-lived.html">Craighead County</a>, Ark. Born in La Crosse, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/LP-born.html">LaPorte County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/01-01.html">January 1, 1889</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/AR.html">Arkansas Democratic state chair</a>, 1944-49. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lions.html">Lions</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/tau-kappa-alpha.html">Tau Kappa Alpha</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-alpha-delta.html">Phi Alpha Delta</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="975.68.86">Adams, Arvil Vernell</a> (1913-1999) — also known as Arvil V. Adams — of Portageville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/NM-lived.html">New Madrid County</a>, Mo. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/PM-born.html">Pemiscot County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1913/01-18.html">January 18, 1913</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">Merchant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/portageville.html">mayor of Portageville, Mo.</a>, 1981-91. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart failure</a>, in Portageville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/NM-died.html">New Madrid County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1999/08-12.html">August 12, 1999</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/86.html">86 years, 206 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/PM-buried.html# ">Portageville Cemetery</a>, Portageville, Mo. <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 Albert L. Adams and Annie (Edwards) Adams; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1937/04-04.html">April 4, 1937</a>, to Evelyn Liles.</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/124408257">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="682.36.26">Adams, Asahel L.</a> — of Somers, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/TO-lived.html">Tolland County</a>, Conn. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Somers, 1906. 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="342.66.87">Adams, Augustus</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/KA-lived.html">Kane County</a>, Ill. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/cncn2.html">Delegate to Illinois state constitutional convention</a> from Kane County, 1847; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/stsen.html">Illinois state senate</a> 5th District, 1855-59. Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/DK-buried.html#cms04005">Oak Ridge Cemetery</a>, Sandwich, Ill. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="265.55.75">Adams, Aurelius Maitland</a> (1896-1979) — also known as A. Maitland Adams — of Key West, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/MO-lived.html">Monroe County</a>, Fla. Born in Key West, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/MO-born.html">Monroe County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/11-03.html">November 3, 1896</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/keywest.html">Mayor of Key West, Fla.</a>, 1947-49. Died in Key West, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/MO-died.html">Monroe County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1979/04-13.html">April 13, 1979</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 161 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/MO-buried.html#cms07138">Key West Cemetery</a>, Key West, 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: Married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1918/">1918</a> to Yvonette Velasco; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1932/">1932</a> to Lettie Isobel Solomon.</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/144244138">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="774.01.64">Adams, Austin</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/DB-lived.html">Dubuque County</a>, Iowa. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/spju.html">Justice of Iowa state supreme court</a>, 1876-87. 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: Married to Mary Newbury.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=_L0MAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/598/26.24.jpg" width=70 height=113 border=0 alt="Bailey F. Adams"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="598.26.24">Adams, Bailey Frye</a> (1825-1894) — also known as Bailey F. Adams — of Randolph, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/OR-lived.html">Orange County</a>, Vt. Born in Brookfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/OR-born.html">Orange County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1825/04-11.html">April 11, 1825</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/dairy.html">Dairy</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">farmer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/horsedrawn.html">horse breeder</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/sthse.html">Vermont state house of representatives</a> from Randolph, 1874; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/OR-officials.html">Orange County Assistant Judge</a>, 1888-90. Died in Randolph, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/OR-died.html">Orange County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1894/07-27.html">July 27, 1894</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 107 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/OR-buried.html#cms02422">Randolph Center Cemetery</a>, Randolph Center, Randolph, Vt. <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 Luther Adams and Lydia (Read) Adams; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1855/05-01.html">May 1, 1855</a>, to Lucinda Smith Bullard; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/paine.html#379.70.27">Robert Treat Paine</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bradby-bradish.html#209.91.18">Edward Green Bradford</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cleveland.html#890.97.45">Chauncey Fitch Cleveland</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bradby-bradish.html#885.50.11">Edward Green Bradford II</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams8.html#103.05.89">Samuel Adams</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams5.html#675.84.63">John Adams</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sacks-saintaubin.html#380.89.20">Ephraim Safford</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kidder-kilbourne.html#639.15.77">Isaiah Kidder</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bradby-bradish.html#562.58.99">Edward Green Bradford Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#140.98.32">Elizabeth Bradford du Pont Bayard</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#721.47.52">Henry Belin du Pont Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#449.01.75">Thomas Francis Bayard III</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#379.41.92">Alexis Irenee du Pont Bayard</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/backus.html#697.11.06">Ira Chandler Backus</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/perkins.html#166.95.51">Joshua Perkins</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/saal-sacket.html#162.64.73">Henry Sabin</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sanborn.html#385.50.86">Lee Randall Sanborn</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allen5.html#327.71.65">Joseph Allen</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cohn-cokayne.html#034.25.81">Joshua Coit</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams5.html#951.27.66">John Quincy Adams</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter1.html#961.34.21">Augustus Seymour Porter</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/urbahns-uttley.html#322.93.90">Jonathan Usher</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lathem-lathrop.html#224.69.81">Samuel Lathrop</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter7.html#448.03.00">Peter Buell Porter</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sternberg-steunenberg.html#191.43.20">Charles Stetson</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sacks-saintaubin.html#243.98.46">James Safford</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kidder-kilbourne.html#399.01.14">Luther Kidder</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sternberg-steunenberg.html#416.90.03">Isaiah Stetson</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sanborn.html#475.43.08">James L. Sanborn</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/manshel-mapp.html#364.61.33">Carl Edgar Mapes</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 families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0030.html">DuPont family</a> of Wilmington, Delaware; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York (subsets 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://findagrave.com/memorial/102745223">Find-A-Grave memorial</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: Men of Vermont (1894)</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, Barney See <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams6.html#526.68.10">L. E. Adams</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Adams, Ben S. See <a href="#765.00.32">Benjamin S. 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="806.28.02">Adams, Ben Shouse</a> (b. 1914) — also known as Ben S. Adams — of Hopkinsville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/CH-lived.html">Christian County</a>, Ky. Born in Hopkinsville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/CH-born.html">Christian County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1914/04-07.html">April 7, 1914</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmsupply.html">implement dealer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/stsen.html">Kentucky state senate</a> 6th District, 1950-51; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/cmagr.html">Kentucky commissioner of agriculture</a>, 1951-55. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/christian.html">Christian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/pi-kappa-alpha.html">Pi Kappa Alpha</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/farm-bureau.html">Farm Bureau</a>. Presumed deceased. 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 W. Adams and Vyra E. (Shouse) Adams; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1934/09-05.html">September 5, 1934</a>, to Mildred Keller Stone.</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="278.22.01">Adams, Benjamin</a> (1764-1837) — of Uxbridge, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/WO-lived.html">Worcester County</a>, Mass. Born in Mendon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/WO-born.html">Worcester County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1764/12-16.html">December 16, 1764</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/sthse.html">Massachusetts state house of representatives</a>, 1809-14; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/stsen.html">Massachusetts state senate</a>, 1814-15, 1822-25; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Massachusetts</a>, 1816-21 (11th District 1816-17, 12th District 1817-21); defeated, 1820, 1822. Died in Uxbridge, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/WO-died.html">Worcester County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1837/03-28.html">March 28, 1837</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 102 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/WO-buried.html#cms00280">Prospect Hill Cemetery</a>, Uxbridge, Mass. <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=A000030">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400691">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin Adams">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6404550">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="934.94.04">Adams, Benjamin Clark</a> (1915-2000) — also known as Benjamin C. Adams — of Derry, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/RO-lived.html">Rockingham County</a>, N.H. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1915/07-14.html">July 14, 1915</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/NH.html">1956</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/stsen.html">New Hampshire state senate</a> 22nd District; elected 1956. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. Died, in Fort Sanders Parkwest <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Medical Center</a>, Knoxville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/KX-died.html">Knox County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2000/02-01.html">February 1, 2000</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/84.html">84 years, 202 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/RO-buried.html#cms07810">Forest Hill Cemetery</a>, East Derry, Derry, N.H. <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/25969946">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="767.26.38">Adams, Benjamin F.</a> — of Derry, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/RO-lived.html">Rockingham County</a>, N.H. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Hampshire, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1932/NH.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="765.00.32">Adams, Benjamin S.</a> — also known as Ben S. Adams — of Savannah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CT-lived.html">Chatham County</a>, Ga. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Georgia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/GA.html">1956</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/GA.html">1960</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> Adams, Benson See <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams5.html#426.24.72">J. Benson 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="443.47.98">Adams, Bernam</a> (1884-1959) — of Winchester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/CR-lived.html">Clark County</a>, Ky. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/index.html">1884</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/sthse.html">Kentucky state house of representatives</a> 68th District, 1948-51. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1959/index.html">1959</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">about 75 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/CR-buried.html#cms00337">Winchester Cemetery</a>, Winchester, Ky. <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 M. Ervin.</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/25027343">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="667.51.26">Adams, Bernice</a> — of Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/MI.html">1996</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1996. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Adams, Bertie See <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams7.html#123.36.89">Robert Adams Jr.</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="838.96.35">Adams, Bill</a> — of Isom, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/LT-lived.html">Letcher County</a>, Ky.; Whitesburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/LT-lived.html">Letcher County</a>, Ky. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/sthse.html">Kentucky state house of representatives</a> 92nd District, 1950-53; delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/KY.html">1960</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> Adams, Billy See <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams9.html#917.12.22">William Herbert Adams</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Adams, Bob See <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams7.html#812.56.44">Robert Adams</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Adams, Bob See <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams7.html#152.66.23">Robert L. 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="890.27.32">Adams, Bob</a> — of Washington. Independent candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Washington</a> 8th District, 1992. Still living as of 1992. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="129.24.57">Adams, Bob</a> — of Shenandoah Junction, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/JF-lived.html">Jefferson County</a>, W.Va. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from West Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2004/WV.html">2004</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/trea.html">West Virginia state treasurer</a>, 2004. Still living as of 2004. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="869.21.31">Adams, Bonnie</a> — of Auburn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/AN-lived.html">Androscoggin County</a>, Maine. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/ME.html">1996</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1996. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Adams, Brock See <a href="#600.63.93">Brockman 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="600.63.93">Adams, Brockman</a> (1927-2004) — also known as Brock Adams — of Seattle, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/KI-lived.html">King County</a>, Wash.; Stevensville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/QA-lived.html">Queen Anne's County</a>, Md. Born in Atlanta, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/FU-born.html">Fulton County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1927/01-13.html">January 13, 1927</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Washington</a>, 1961-64; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Washington</a> 7th District, 1965-77; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/cabinet.html">U.S. Secretary of Transportation</a>, 1977-79; resigned 1979; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Washington</a>, 1987-93; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1988 /speakers.html">speaker</a>, Democratic National Convention, 1988 ; in 1992, he was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">accused</a> by eight women of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/sex-crimes-scandals.html">sexual misconduct</a> including <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/sex-crimes-scandals.html">sexual harassment</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/sex-crimes-scandals.html">rape</a>; he denied the allegations, and no charges were ever brought, but the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">scandal</a> ended his political career. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/fed-bar-assoc.html">Federal Bar Association</a>. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/parkinsons.html">Parkinson's disease</a>, in Stevensville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/QA-died.html">Queen Anne's County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2004/09-10.html">September 10, 2004</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 241 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/QA-buried.html#cms08171">Broad Creek Cemetery</a>, Stevensville, Md. <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 Charles Leslie Adams and Vera Eleanor (Beemer) Adams; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1952/08-16.html">August 16, 1952</a>, to Mary Elizabeth Scott.</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=A000031">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400692">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brock Adams">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/417/000041294">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/9452402">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=4780">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="464.08.42">Adams, Brooke</a> — of California. Independent candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of California</a>, 2003. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2003. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="938.47.07">Adams, Brooks</a> (1848-1927) — also known as Peter Chardon Brooks Adams — of Quincy, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/NO-lived.html">Norfolk County</a>, Mass. Born in Quincy, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/NO-born.html">Norfolk County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1848/06-24.html">June 24, 1848</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/writing.html">author</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/cncn.html">delegate to Massachusetts state constitutional convention</a>, 1917; candidate for Massachusetts legislative seat. Died in Boston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-died.html">Suffolk County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1927/02-13.html">February 13, 1927</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 234 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/NO-buried.html#cms00214">Mt. Wollaston Cemetery</a>, Quincy, Mass. <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/adams2.html#667.46.85">Charles Francis Adams (1807-1886)</a> and Abigail Brown (Brooks) Adams; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams5.html#686.41.46">John Quincy Adams (1833-1894)</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/09-07.html">September 7, 1889</a>, to Evelyn Davis (daughter of Admiral Charles Henry Davis; sister-in-law of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lockyer-loftus.html#780.84.04">Henry Cabot Lodge</a>); nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams4.html#964.94.01">George Washington Adams</a>; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams2.html#945.56.41">Charles Francis Adams (1866-1954)</a>; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams5.html#951.27.66">John Quincy Adams (1767-1848)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams6.html#194.84.36">Louisa Adams</a>; grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/goree-gorley.html#534.07.75">Benjamin Gorham</a>; granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams8.html#433.61.01">Thomas Boylston Adams</a>; great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams5.html#675.84.63">John Adams</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/goree-gorley.html#407.48.50">Nathaniel Gorham</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnson5.html#595.41.71">Joshua Johnson</a> and <a href="#432.12.41">Abigail Adams</a>; great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnson8.html#811.11.28">Thomas Johnson</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/everett.html#467.09.64">William Everett</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/crampton-crandall.html#350.99.32">William Cranch</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/salmons-salzman.html#037.90.62">Leverett Saltonstall</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/salmons-salzman.html#428.87.28">Richard Saltonstall</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/salmons-salzman.html#818.86.92">William Lawrence Saltonstall</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnson1.html#741.60.79">Bradley Tyler Johnson</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams8.html#103.05.89">Samuel Adams</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allen5.html#327.71.65">Joseph Allen</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sewall.html#196.78.65">Samuel Sewall</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/quiles-quinlivan.html#300.41.36">Josiah Quincy</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/coffinburg-cohelan.html#446.92.43">Thomas Cogswell</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html#061.33.60">Edward M. Chapin</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thayer.html#167.23.46">John Milton Thayer</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html#403.46.98">Arthur Chapin</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 families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0124.html">Sewall-Adams-Quincy family</a> of Maine (subsets 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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooks Adams">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/659/000048515">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/3631">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="465.83.19">Adams, Bruce</a> — of Bethesda, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/MO-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Md. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1988/MD.html">1988</a>. Still living as of 1988. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Adams, Brud See <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams5.html#787.25.04">James 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="942.57.72">Adams, Buddy</a> — of Bowling Green, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/WR-lived.html">Warren County</a>, Ky. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/sthse.html">Kentucky state house of representatives</a> 21st District, 1976-81. Still living as of 1981. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="404.20.79">Adams, Byron</a> — of Matamoras, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PI-lived.html">Pike County</a>, Pa. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PI-parties.html">Chair of Pike County Democratic Party</a>, 1937. 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="760.82.10">Adams, Byron T.</a> — of Wisconsin Rapids, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/WO-lived.html">Wood County</a>, Wis. Democrat. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/wisconsinrapids.html#2">Wisconsin Rapids, Wis.</a>, 1961-80 (acting, 1961-62). 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