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C.</a></b> — of Newfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/YO-lived.html">York County</a>, Maine. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1856/ME.html">1856</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> <b><a name="834.22.57">Adams, S. Cary</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Erie County 4th District, 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> <b><a name="146.81.27">Adams, Salisbury</a></b> — Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/sthse.html">Minnesota state house of representatives</a>, 1963-76 (District 31 1963-66, District 33-B 1967-72, District 42-B 1973-76). Still living as of 1976. <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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=10007">Minnesota Legislator record</a></span></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> <b><a name="297.40.40">Adams, Sallie J.</a></b> — of Ava, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/DO-lived.html">Douglas County</a>, Mo. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/MO.html">1924</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/committees.html">Committee on Permanent Organization</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/MO.html">1928</a> (alternate). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</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> <b><a name="973.08.08">Adams, Sam</a></b> — of Portland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/MU-lived.html">Multnomah County</a>, Ore. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/ofc/portland.html">Mayor of Portland, Ore.</a>, 2009-12. 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> <b><a name="103.05.89">Adams, Samuel</a> (1722-1803)</b> — also known as <b>"The Tribune of the People"</b>; <b>"The Cromwell of New England"</b>; <b>"Determinatus"</b>; <b>"The Psalm Singer"</b>; <b>"Amendment Monger"</b>; <b>"American Cato"</b>; <b>"Samuel the Publican"</b> — of Massachusetts. Born in Boston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-born.html">Suffolk County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1722/09-27.html">September 27, 1722</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/ccdel.html">Delegate to Continental Congress from Massachusetts</a>, 1774-81; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/founders.html">signer, Declaration of Independence</a>, 1776; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/cncn.html">delegate to Massachusetts state constitutional convention</a>, 1779, 1788; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/stsen.html">Massachusetts state senate</a>, 1781; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Massachusetts</a>, 1788; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts</a>, 1789-94; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Massachusetts</a>, 1793-97; received 15 electoral votes, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp-1796.html">1796</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. Died in Boston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-died.html">Suffolk County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1803/10-02.html">October 2, 1803</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 5 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-buried.html#cms00130">Old Granary Burying Ground</a>, Boston, Mass.; memorial monument at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-buried.html# ">Constitution Gardens</a>, Washington, D.C. <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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Samuel Adams and Mary (Fifield) Adams; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1749/">1749</a> to Elizabeth Checkley; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1764/">1764</a> to Elizabeth Wells; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allen5.html#327.71.65">Joseph Allen</a>; granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allen2.html#737.34.24">Charles Allen</a>; great-grandfather of Elizabeth Wells Randall (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cumback-cumming.html#412.45.32">Alfred Cumming</a>) and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wells.html#453.52.89">William Vincent Wells</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams5.html#675.84.63">John Adams</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams5.html#951.27.66">John Quincy Adams (1767-1848)</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams4.html#964.94.01">George Washington Adams</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams2.html#667.46.85">Charles Francis Adams (1807-1886)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thayer.html#167.23.46">John Milton Thayer</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html#061.33.60">Edward M. Chapin</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams5.html#686.41.46">John Quincy Adams (1833-1894)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams1.html#938.47.07">Brooks Adams</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bass.html#651.84.71">Lyman Kidder Bass</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayakawa-haydon.html#369.31.54">Daniel T. Hayden</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html#403.46.98">Arthur Chapin</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bates.html#735.59.49">Arthur Laban Bates</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams2.html#945.56.41">Charles Francis Adams (1866-1954)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/whiting.html#473.65.76">Almur Stiles Whiting</a>; second cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/warrick-washers.html#477.85.86">Charles Grenfill Washburn</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bass.html#203.86.66">Lyman Metcalfe Bass</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boyles-bradburn.html#257.28.91">Emerson Richard Boyles</a> and <a href="#433.61.01">Thomas Boylston Adams</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#548.16.61">Samuel Huntington</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#286.71.40">Samuel H. Huntington</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cushing.html#369.61.01">Caleb Cushing</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html#600.87.26">Willard J. Chapin</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/faalevao-fairbanks.html#791.00.17">Erastus Fairbanks</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#855.99.20">Nathaniel Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#026.00.76">James Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#115.72.55">Joseph Lyman Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#454.18.53">Elisha Mills Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams2.html#499.49.02">Charles Adams Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brooks.html#897.43.79">James Brooks</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams1.html#598.26.24">Bailey Frye Adams</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/taft.html#366.03.29">Alphonso Taft</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wait-walberg.html#760.54.00">Benjamin W. Waite</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/faalevao-fairbanks.html#713.64.48">George Otis Fairbanks</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/holden.html#067.79.86">Austin Wells Holden</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/faalevao-fairbanks.html#357.41.81">Horace Fairbanks</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/grossi-grout.html#484.12.67">Ebenezer Oliver Grosvenor</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/faalevao-fairbanks.html#420.92.95">Franklin Fairbanks</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#532.00.49">Collins Dwight Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#063.41.35">George Milo Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/weeks.html#656.56.77">Edgar Weeks</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/holden.html#540.60.75">Arthur Newton Holden</a>; third cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams5.html#267.05.91">John Quincy Adams (1848-1911)</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political families:</i> <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/10001-0051.html">Upham family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0082.html">Weeks-Bigelow-Andrew-Upham family</a> (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-mountains.html">Mount</a> Sam Adams, in the White Mountains, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/CO-names.html">Coos County, New Hampshire</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> <i>SS Samuel Adams</i> (built 1941 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-names.html">Terminal Island, Los Angeles, California</a>; scrapped 1966) was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000045">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400706">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/samuel-adams-2/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel Adams">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/732/000048588">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/9">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=4134">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Books about Samuel Adams:</i> Donald Barr Chidsey, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0840763832/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0840763832&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">The World of Samuel Adams</a></span></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> <b><a name="110.42.54">Adams, Samuel</a></b> — of Portsmouth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/RO-lived.html">Rockingham County</a>, N.H. U.S. Surveyor of Customs, 1802. 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> <b><a name="727.59.70">Adams, Samuel</a> (1805-1850)</b> — of Arkansas. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/HX-born.html">Halifax County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1805/06-05.html">June 5, 1805</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/ofc/sthse.html">Arkansas state house of representatives</a>, 1836; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/ofc/stsen.html">Arkansas state senate</a>, 1840-44; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Arkansas</a>, 1844; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/ofc/trea.html">Arkansas state treasurer</a>, 1845-49. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/SL-died.html">Saline County</a>, Ark., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1850/02-27.html">February 27, 1850</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/44.html">44 years, 267 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/PU-buried.html#cms00835">Mt. Holly Cemetery</a>, Little Rock, Ark. <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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/samuel-adams/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel Adams (governor)">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7421625">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></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> <b><a name="569.01.69">Adams, Samuel</a></b> — Whig. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Vermont. 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> <b><a name="527.52.92">Adams, Samuel</a></b> — Socialist. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 42nd District, 1916. 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> <b><a name="768.15.95">Adams, Samuel Barnard</a> (1853-1938)</b> — also known as <b>Samuel B. Adams</b> — of Savannah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CT-lived.html">Chatham County</a>, Ga. Born in Savannah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CT-born.html">Chatham County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1853/09-08.html">September 8, 1853</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; director, Citizens and Southern National <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Bank</a>; director, Bibb <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/manufacturing.html">Manufacturing</a> Company; director, Southwestern <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">Railroad</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/spju.html">justice of Georgia state supreme court</a>, 1902. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>. Died in Savannah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CT-died.html">Chatham County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1938/03-20.html">March 20, 1938</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/84.html">84 years, 193 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of William B. Adams and Laleah (Pratt) Adams; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1877/12-19.html">December 19, 1877</a>, to Annie Wynn.</span></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> <b><a name="208.77.87">Adams, Samuel Boyd</a> (1882-1938)</b> — of Mobile, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MO-lived.html">Mobile County</a>, Ala. Born in Mississippi, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1882/05-07.html">May 7, 1882</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lumber.html">Lumber business</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from Alabama, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/AL.html">1928</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1932/AL.html">1932</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/AL.html">1936</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1938/12-14.html">December 14, 1938</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/56.html">56 years, 221 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MO-buried.html#cms00531">Pine Crest Cemetery</a>, Mobile, Ala. <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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married to Dora Williams.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/40514742">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></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> <b><a name="743.12.51">Adams, Samuel Clifford, Jr.</a> (1920-2001)</b> — also known as <b>Samuel C. Adams, Jr.</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-lived.html">Washington</a>, D.C.; Houston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/HR-lived.html">Harris County</a>, Tex. Born in Waco, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ML-born.html">McLennan County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1920/08-15.html">August 15, 1920</a>. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S. Ambassador to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/NI-diplomats.html ">Niger</a>, 1968-69. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/alpha-phi-alpha.html">Alpha Phi Alpha</a>. Died in Center, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/SY-died.html">Shelby County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2001/08-02.html">August 2, 2001</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 352 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/SY-buried.html# ">Oaklawn Memorial Park</a>, Center, Tex. <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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Samuel Clifford Adams and Sarah Catherine (Roberts) Adams; married to Evelyn Baker Adams.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/adams-samuel-clifford">U.S. State Dept career summary</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/84297976">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></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> <b><a name="364.50.73">Adams, Samuel Emery</a></b> — also known as <b>Samuel E. Adams</b> — of Minnesota. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/stsen.html">Minnesota state senate</a> 19th District, 1857-60. 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=10850">Minnesota Legislator record</a></span></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> <b><a name="749.70.23">Adams, Samuel W.</a> (b. 1873)</b> — of Covington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/KE-lived.html">Kenton County</a>, Ky. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1873/index.html">1873</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/sthse.html">Kentucky state house of representatives</a> 80th District, 1902-04, 1922-24; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/spkr.html">Speaker of the Kentucky State House of Representatives</a>, 1924; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/stsen.html">Kentucky state senate</a> 24th District, 1926-30. 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> <b><a name="496.82.93">Adams, Sandra</a> (b. 1956)</b> — also known as <b>Sandy Adams</b> — of New Smyrna Beach, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/VO-lived.html">Volusia County</a>, Fla. Born in Wyandotte, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-born.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1956/12-14.html">December 14, 1956</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/sthse.html">Florida state house of representatives</a> 33rd District, 2002-10; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Florida</a> 24th District, 2011-13; defeated in primary, 2012. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2013. <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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000366">congressional biography</a></span></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> <b>Adams, Sandy</b> <i>See</i> <a href="#496.82.93">Sandra Adams</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="392.20.81">Adams, Scott</a></b> — Democrat. Candidate for Presidential Elector for New York. 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> <b><a name="550.28.06">Adams, Sebastian C.</a> (1825-1898)</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/YA-lived.html">Yamhill County</a>, Ore.; Salem, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/MA-lived.html">Marion County</a>, Ore. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1825/07-28.html">July 28, 1825</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/YA-officials.html">Yamhill County Clerk</a>, 1862; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/ofc/trsn.html">Oregon territorial senate</a>, 1860. Died in Salem, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/MA-died.html">Marion County</a>, Ore., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1898/01-05.html">January 5, 1898</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 161 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/MA-buried.html#cms05167">Pioneer Cemetery</a>, Salem, Ore. <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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Sebastian Adams and Eunice (Harmon) Adams; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams9.html#570.94.13">William Lysander Adams</a>; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1851/">1851</a> to Martha McBride; married to Sarah A. Babcock.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/14975934">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></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> <b><a name="874.41.02">Adams, Sessions L.</a> (c.1855-1956)</b> — of Central Village, Plainfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/WI-lived.html">Windham County</a>, Conn. Born in Canterbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/WI-born.html">Windham County</a>, Conn., about 1855. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Plainfield, 1889-90, 1915-16; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/stsen.html">Connecticut state senate</a> 29th District, 1917-20. Died in Plainfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/WI-died.html">Windham County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1956/10-24.html">October 24, 1956</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/101.html">about 101 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> <b><a name="526.36.37">Adams, Sharon</a></b> — of Atlanta, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/FU-lived.html">Fulton County</a>, Ga. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/GA.html">1996</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/GA.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> <b><a name="396.23.31">Adams, Shelton</a></b> — of Orlando, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/OR-lived.html">Orange County</a>, Fla. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/orlando.html">mayor of Orlando, Fla.</a>, 1976, 1980. Still living as of 1980. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Adams, Sherman</b> <i>See</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams6.html#780.17.92">Llewelyn Sherman Adams</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="405.99.60">Adams, Shubael Pratt</a> (1817-1894)</b> — also known as <b>Shubael P. Adams</b> — of Lowell, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/MI-lived.html">Middlesex County</a>, Mass.; Dubuque, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/DB-lived.html">Dubuque County</a>, Iowa. Born in Medfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/NO-born.html">Norfolk County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1817/02-05.html">February 5, 1817</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/sthse.html">Massachusetts state house of representatives</a>, 1845, 1857; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/cncn.html">delegate to Massachusetts state constitutional convention</a>, 1853; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Iowa</a>, 1862. Died in Dubuque, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/DB-died.html">Dubuque County</a>, Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1894/03-14.html">March 14, 1894</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 37 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/DB-buried.html#cms00178">Linwood Cemetery</a>, Dubuque, Iowa. <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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Nehemiah Adams and Mary (Clark) Adams; married to Lydia Stetson; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1853/12-04.html">December 4, 1853</a>, to Diancy Rawson Taylor; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams5.html#124.56.05">John Taylor Adams</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/48449224">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></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> <b><a name="724.36.42">Adams, Sidney</a></b> — of Marquette, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MQ-lived.html">Marquette County</a>, Mich. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/marquette.html">Mayor of Marquette, Mich.</a>, 1892. 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> <b><a name="648.48.28">Adams, Sidney</a></b> — of Littcarr, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/KO-lived.html">Knott County</a>, Ky. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/sthse.html">Kentucky state house of representatives</a> 92nd District, 1974-77. Still living as of 1977. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="767.17.01">Adams, Silas</a> (1839-1896)</b> — of Kentucky. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/PU-born.html">Pulaski County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1839/02-09.html">February 9, 1839</a>. Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/sthse.html">Kentucky state house of representatives</a>, 1889-92; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Kentucky</a> 11th District, 1893-95; defeated (Independent Republican), 1894. Died in Liberty, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/CS-died.html">Casey County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/05-05.html">May 5, 1896</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/57.html">57 years, 86 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/CS-buried.html#cms00364">Brown Cemetery</a>, Humphrey, 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000047">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400708">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silas Adams">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7182511">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></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> <b>Adams, Spencer</b> <i>See</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams2.html#049.26.89">C. Spencer Adams</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="102.89.53">Adams, Spencer Bell</a> (1860-1943)</b> — also known as <b>Spencer B. Adams</b> — of Yanceyville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/CS-lived.html">Caswell County</a>, N.C.; Greensboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/GU-lived.html">Guilford County</a>, N.C. Born in Dobson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/SU-born.html">Surry County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1860/10-15.html">October 15, 1860</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; probate judge in North Carolina, 1882-96; superior court judge in North Carolina, 1896-98; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from North Carolina</a> 5th District, 1898; delegate to Republican National Convention from North Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1900/NC.html">1900</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1908/NC.html">1908</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/gov.html">Governor of North Carolina</a>, 1900; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for Indian Territory</a>, 1902-04. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1943/01-12.html">January 12, 1943</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 89 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/GU-buried.html#cms01838">Green Hill Cemetery</a>, Greensboro, N.C. <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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of John A. Adams and Sarah Adams; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/12-19.html">December 19, 1884</a>, to Lizzie L. Swift.</span></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> <b><a name="928.72.73">Adams, Stan</a></b> — of Overland Park, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/JO-lived.html">Johnson County</a>, Kan. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kansas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2008/KS.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> <b><a name="005.64.71">Adams, Stanley G.</a> (1907-1954)</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/IW-lived.html">Isle of Wight County</a>, Va.; Colonial Beach, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/WM-lived.html">Westmoreland County</a>, Va. Born in Eclipse, Nansemond County (now part of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/sf-born.html">Suffolk</a>), Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1907/12-16.html">December 16, 1907</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/nautical.html">Ferry boat captain</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">farmer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">real estate business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/hotel-biz.html">hotel owner</a>; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/WM-parties.html">chair of Westmoreland County Republican Party</a>, 1944-50; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/stsen.html">Virginia state senate</a>, 1947; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Virginia</a>, 1948; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/VA.html">1952</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>. Died, from an <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gastrointestinal.html">intestinal blood clot</a>, in Physicians Memorial <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, La Plata, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/CH-died.html">Charles County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1954/11-07.html">November 7, 1954</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/46.html">46 years, 326 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/WM-buried.html#cms08525">Oak Grove Cemetery</a>, Oak Grove, 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of John Quincy Adams and Cecil May (Barkelow) Adams; married to Marie Miller.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/36152845">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></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> <b><a name="719.93.25">Adams, Stella J.</a></b> — of North Carolina. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/NC.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> <b><a name="497.88.88">Adams, Stephen</a> (1807-1857)</b> — of Aberdeen, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/MO-lived.html">Monroe County</a>, Miss. Born in Pendleton District (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/AN-born.html">Anderson County</a>), S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1807/10-17.html">October 17, 1807</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/stsen.html">Tennessee state senate</a>, 1833-34; circuit judge in Mississippi, 1837-45, 1848; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Mississippi</a> at-large, 1845-47; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/ofc/sthse.html">Mississippi state house of representatives</a>, 1850; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/ofc/cncn.html">delegate to Mississippi state constitutional convention</a>, 1851; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Mississippi</a>, 1852-57. Slaveowner. Died in Memphis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/SH-died.html">Shelby County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1857/05-11.html">May 11, 1857</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/49.html">49 years, 206 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/SH-buried.html#cms00365">Elmwood Cemetery</a>, Memphis, Tenn. <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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000048">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400709">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen Adams">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7750572">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></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> <b><a name="070.29.85">Adams, Steve</a></b> — of Hartland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/WI-lived.html">Windsor County</a>, Vt. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Vermont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2008/VT.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> <b><a name="343.52.88">Adams, Susan Sharp</a></b> — of Kenyon, Charlestown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/WA-lived.html">Washington County</a>, R.I. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Rhode Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/RI.html">1924</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/RI.html">1928</a> (alternate). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</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> <b><a name="834.27.23">Adams, Sylvia</a></b> — of Golden Valley, <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>. <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> <b><a name="143.03.19">Adams, T. Albeus</a></b> — of Montclair, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ES-lived.html">Essex County</a>, N.J. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ES-parties.html">Chair of Essex County Democratic Party</a>, 1919-21, 1925. 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> <b><a name="374.91.29">Adams, T. C.</a></b> — of Greenville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/GR-lived.html">Greenville County</a>, S.C. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from South Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1932/SC.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> <b><a name="235.28.96">Adams, T. J.</a></b> — of Broad Brook, East Windsor, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/eastwindsor.html#4">Broad Brook, Conn.</a>, 1887. 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> <b><a name="164.52.08">Adams, T. W.</a></b> — of Escondido, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SD-lived.html">San Diego County</a>, Calif. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/escondido.html#2">Escondido, Calif.</a>, 1887. 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> <b><a name="843.44.90">Adams, Ted</a></b> — Constitution candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from South Carolina</a> 4th District, 2000; Constitution candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from South Carolina</a>, 2002. Still living as of 2002. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="207.55.46">Adams, Ted</a></b> — of New Albany, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/FR-lived.html">Franklin County</a>, Ohio. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2008/OH.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> <b><a name="936.37.61">Adams, Terrence Ray</a></b> — of Hazel Park, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/OA-lived.html">Oakland County</a>, Mich. Libertarian. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> 34th District, 1998. Still living as of 1998. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="705.24.53">Adams, Thelma H.</a></b> — of Ohio. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/OH.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> <b><a name="858.66.11">Adams, Thomas</a> (1730-1788)</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/NK-lived.html">New Kent County</a>, Va.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/AG-lived.html">Augusta County</a>, Va. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/NK-born.html">New Kent County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1730/index.html">1730</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/burg.html">Virginia House of Burgesses</a>, 1774; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/founders.html">signer, Articles of Confederation</a>, 1777; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/ccdel.html">Delegate to Continental Congress from Virginia</a>, 1778-80; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/stsen.html">Virginia state senate</a>, 1783-86. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/AG-died.html">Augusta County</a>, Va., August, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1788/index.html">1788</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/58.html">about 58 years</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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000049">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400710">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas Adams (politician)">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/12673474">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></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> <b><a name="897.98.50">Adams, Thomas</a></b> — of Durham, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/DU-lived.html">Durham County</a>, N.C. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2004/NC.html">2004</a>. 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> <b><a name="433.61.01">Adams, Thomas Boylston</a> (1910-1997)</b> — also known as <b>Thomas B. Adams</b> — of Lincoln, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/MI-lived.html">Middlesex County</a>, Mass. Born in Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-born.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1910/07-25.html">July 25, 1910</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/hotel-biz.html">hotel executive</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Massachusetts</a>, 1966; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Massachusetts</a>, 1968; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1972/MA.html">1972</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-acad-arts-sciences.html">American Academy of Arts and Sciences</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>. Died in Lincoln, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/MI-died.html">Middlesex County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1997/06-04.html">June 4, 1997</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/86.html">86 years, 314 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of John Adams (1875-1964) and Marian (Morse) Adams; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1940/01-05.html">January 5, 1940</a>, to Ramelle Frost Cochrane; grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams5.html#686.41.46">John Quincy Adams (1833-1894)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams1.html#938.47.07">Brooks Adams</a>; great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams2.html#667.46.85">Charles Francis Adams (1807-1886)</a>; great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams4.html#964.94.01">George Washington Adams</a>; second great-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>; second great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/goree-gorley.html#534.07.75">Benjamin Gorham</a>; third great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams5.html#675.84.63">John Adams (1735-1826)</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="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams1.html#432.12.41">Abigail Adams</a>; third great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnson8.html#811.11.28">Thomas Johnson</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams2.html#945.56.41">Charles Francis Adams (1866-1954)</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/everett.html#467.09.64">William Everett</a>; first cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/crampton-crandall.html#350.99.32">William Cranch</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnson1.html#741.60.79">Bradley Tyler Johnson</a>; second cousin five times removed of <a href="#103.05.89">Samuel Adams</a>; third cousin of <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>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/salmons-salzman.html#818.86.92">William Lawrence Saltonstall</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political families:</i> <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>).</span></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> <b><a name="523.44.38">Adams, Thomas Brooks</a> (1919-2005)</b> — also known as <b>Thomas B. Adams</b> — of Bloomfield Hills, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/OA-lived.html">Oakland County</a>, Mich. Born in Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-born.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1919/09-16.html">September 16, 1919</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/wsu.html">Wayne State University board of governors</a>, 1962-68. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2005/01-24.html">January 24, 2005</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/85.html">85 years, 130 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/135430364">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></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> <b><a name="801.20.62">Adams, Thomas Burton, Jr.</a> (1917-2006)</b> — also known as <b>Tom Adams</b> — of Florida. Born in Jacksonville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/DU-born.html">Duval County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1917/03-11.html">March 11, 1917</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">Real estate</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">insurance</a> business; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/stsen.html">Florida state senate</a>, 1956-60; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/sos.html">secretary of state of Florida</a>, 1961-71; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Florida</a>, 1971-75; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Florida</a>, 1974. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/newcomen.html">Newcomen Society</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-theta.html">Phi Delta Theta</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/alpha-kappa-psi.html">Alpha Kappa Psi</a>. Killed in an <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/automobile.html">automobile accident</a> on I-10, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/SW-died.html">Suwannee County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2006/05-22.html">May 22, 2006</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/89.html">89 years, 72 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/BE-buried.html# ">Fountainhead Memorial Park</a>, Palm Bay, 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Thomas Burton Adams and Carolyn Sykes (Hamilton) Adams; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1939/07-30.html">July 30, 1939</a>, to Helen Brown; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1973/">1973</a> to Frances Sue Brewer.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas Burton Adams Jr.">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/160586718">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=61649">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a></span></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> <b><a name="550.27.25">Adams, Thomas Charles III</a></b> — of Durham, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/DU-lived.html">Durham County</a>, N.C. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/NC.html">1996</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> <b><a name="252.75.12">Adams, Thomas D.</a></b> — of Westport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-lived.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn. Progressive. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Westport, 1912. 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> <b><a name="140.97.33">Adams, Thomas Earl, Jr.</a> (b. 1905)</b> — also known as <b>Thomas E. Adams, Jr.</b> — of Beatrice, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/GA-lived.html">Gage County</a>, Neb. Born in Beatrice, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/GA-born.html">Gage County</a>, Neb., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1905/07-20.html">July 20, 1905</a>. Democrat. President, Beatrice Steel Tank <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/manufacturing.html">Manufacturing</a> Co.; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Nebraska, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/NE.html">1944</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/beta-theta-pi.html">Beta Theta Pi</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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Thomas Edward Adams and Okolono (Miller) Adams; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1935/04-24.html">April 24, 1935</a>, to Katherine Lowrie.</span></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> <b><a name="744.86.84">Adams, Thomas G.</a> (born c.1938)</b> — of Green Oaks, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/LA-lived.html">Lake County</a>, Ill. Born about 1938. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2004/IL.html">2004</a>. 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> <b><a name="506.78.26">Adams, Thomas H.</a></b> — of Mt. Union, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/HU-lived.html">Huntingdon County</a>, Pa. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/mountunion.html#3">Mt. Union, Pa.</a>, 1868-69. 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> <b><a name="211.48.82">Adams, Thomas H.</a></b> — of Vincennes, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/KX-lived.html">Knox County</a>, Ind. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/vincennes.html#2">Vincennes, Ind.</a>, 1899-1903; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1900/IN.html">1900</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> <b><a name="979.88.96">Adams, Thomas H.</a></b> — of Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/HA-lived.html">Hampden County</a>, Mass. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/aud.html">Massachusetts state auditor</a>, 1958. 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> <b><a name="375.58.91">Adams, Thomas H., Jr.</a></b> — of Bel Air, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/HA-lived.html">Harford County</a>, Md. Democrat. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/belair.html#2">Bel Air, Md.</a>, 1965-73 (acting, 1965-67). Still living as of 1973. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="196.60.35">Adams, Thomas J.</a></b> — Conservative. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 6th District, 1968. 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> <b><a name="544.18.13">Adams, Thurman G.</a></b> — of Bridgeville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-lived.html">Sussex County</a>, Del. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/sthse.html">Delaware state house of representatives</a> from Sussex County 2nd District, 1944. 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> <b><a name="913.98.27">Adams, Thurman G., Jr.</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-lived.html">Sussex County</a>, Del. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/stsen.html">Delaware state senate</a> 19th District, 1973-92. 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> <b><a name="638.73.83">Adams, Tim</a></b> — of Orlando, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/OR-lived.html">Orange County</a>, Fla. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/orlando.html">mayor of Orlando, Fla.</a>, 1984, 1988. 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> <b>Adams, Tom</b> <i>See</i> <a href="#801.20.62">Thomas Burton 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> <b><a name="328.54.57">Adams, Tom</a></b> — of Libertyville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/LA-lived.html">Lake County</a>, Ill. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/LA-parties.html">Chair of Lake County Republican Party</a>, 2002. Still living as of 2002. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="189.97.20">Adams, Tommy</a></b> — of Bowling Green, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/WR-lived.html">Warren County</a>, Ky. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2008/KY.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> <b><a name="353.83.34">Adams, Truman</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ON-lived.html">Onondaga County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Onondaga County, 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> <b><a name="425.14.05">Adams, Truman H.</a></b> — of Nebraska. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/ofc/trhs.html">Nebraska territorial House of Representatives</a>, 1859. 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