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A.</a> — Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Massachusetts</a>, 1870. 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="198.58.83">Adams, J. A.</a> — of Washington. Prohibition candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Washington</a> at-large, 1900. 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="149.65.18">Adams, J. B.</a> — of El Dorado, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/BU-lived.html">Butler County</a>, Kan. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Kansas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/KS.html">1916</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="426.24.72">Adams, J. Benson</a> — of Summit Hill, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CB-lived.html">Carbon County</a>, Pa. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/PA.html">1960</a>. Still living as of 1960. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="924.40.27">Adams, J. C.</a> — of Phoenix, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/MA-lived.html">Maricopa County</a>, Ariz. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Arizona, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1912/AZ.html">1912</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/AZ.html">1924</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="417.10.13">Adams, J. Dickenson</a> — of Wethersfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Wethersfield, 1910, 1918, 1926, 1930. 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="193.00.08">Adams, J. Duncan</a> — of Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-lived.html">Charleston County</a>, S.C. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from South Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1912/SC.html">1912</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/SC.html">1916</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="532.61.83">Adams, J. E.</a> — of Copperhill, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/PO-lived.html">Polk County</a>, Tenn. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Tennessee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/TN.html">1928</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="707.87.02">Adams, J. E.</a> — of Santuc, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/UN-lived.html">Union County</a>, S.C. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/SC.html">1944</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/SC.html">1948</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, J. G. See <a href="#736.21.04">John Gardner 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="952.66.35">Adams, J. H.</a> — of Ashburn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/TU-lived.html">Turner County</a>, Ga. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/stsen.html">Georgia state senate</a> 47th District, 1923-24. 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="650.09.01">Adams, J. M.</a> — of Alabama. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Alabama</a> 6th District, 1855. 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="136.97.38">Adams, J. M.</a> — of Flint, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/GE-lived.html">Genesee County</a>, Mich. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1880/MI.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> <a name="148.15.23">Adams, J. M.</a> — of Mt. Juliet, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/WL-lived.html">Wilson County</a>, Tenn. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/TN.html">1912</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="033.90.35">Adams, J. P.</a> — Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1892/NY.html">1892</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="098.98.22">Adams, J. Pinckney H.</a> — of Fair Haven, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/RU-lived.html">Rutland County</a>, Vt. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Vermont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1908/VT.html">1908</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="730.17.11">Adams, J. Q.</a> — of Louisville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/JF-lived.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ky. Republican. Alternate 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> <a name="886.11.21">Adams, J. R.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/DV-lived.html">Davis County</a>, Iowa. Dry candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/cr21.html">delegate to Iowa convention to ratify 21st amendment</a>, 1933. 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="307.08.36">Adams, J. R. B.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/IR-lived.html">Iredell County</a>, N.C. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/comm.html">North Carolina house of commons</a> from Iredell County, 1852-55. 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="118.30.44">Adams, J. S.</a> — of Dublin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/LA-lived.html">Laurens County</a>, Ga. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1904/GA.html">1904</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/GA.html">1916</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="773.13.93">Adams, J. S.</a> — of Gretna, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/PS-lived.html">Pittsylvania County</a>, Va. Republican. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Virginia; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/VA.html">1940</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1944/VA.html">1944</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="706.94.99">Adams, J. W.</a> — of Moultrie, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CQ-lived.html">Colquitt County</a>, Ga. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Georgia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1912/GA.html">1912</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="194.98.32">Adams, J. W.</a> — of Macon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/BB-lived.html">Bibb County</a>, Ga. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Georgia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1964/GA.html">1964</a>. Still living as of 1964. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Adams, Jack R. See <a href="#062.96.27">John Richard 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="429.81.55">Adams, Jackie Rowe</a> — also known as Jackie R. Adams — of Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2004/NY.html">2004</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2008/NY.html">2008</a> (alternate). Still living as of 2008. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="158.09.61">Adams, Jackson F.</a> — of Webster Groves, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/SS-lived.html">St. Louis County</a>, Mo. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/webstergroves.html">Mayor of Webster Groves, Mo.</a>, 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="911.29.58">Adams, Jacky</a> — of Red Oak, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/MO-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Iowa. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/stsen.html">Iowa state senate</a> 41st District, 1970. Still living as of 1970. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="229.09.47">Adams, Jacob J.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/CU-lived.html">Cuyahoga County</a>, Ohio. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/sthse.html">Ohio state house of representatives</a> from Cuyahoga County, 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="686.06.01">Adams, James</a> (1783-1843) — of Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SG-lived.html">Sangamon County</a>, Ill. Born in Simsbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-born.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1783/01-24.html">January 24, 1783</a>. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; one of the first nine men to receive the "Endowment" ordinance from Joseph Smith, founder of the Mormon Church; participated in a long-running newspaper battle with <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lincoln.html#848.31.47">Abraham Lincoln</a>, over the transfer of a city lot; probate judge in Illinois, 1830; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Illinois</a>, 1834. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/mormon.html">Mormon</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/cholera.html">cholera</a>, in Nauvoo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/HA-died.html">Hancock County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1843/08-11.html">August 11, 1843</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/60.html">60 years, 199 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/HA-buried.html#cms06680">Old Nauvoo Burial Grounds</a>, Nauvoo, Ill. <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/20375000">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="031.36.92">Adams, James</a> — of Peoria, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/PE-lived.html">Peoria County</a>, Ill. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/peoria.html#2">Peoria, Ill.</a>, 1825-26. 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="330.07.67">Adams, James</a> (1810-1880) — of Charlestown, Middlesex County (now part of Boston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-lived.html">Suffolk County</a>), Mass. Born in Charlestown, Middlesex County (now part of Boston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-born.html">Suffolk County</a>), Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1810/02-18.html">February 18, 1810</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/boston.html#5">Mayor of Charlestown, Mass.</a>, 1854. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1880/11-13.html">November 13, 1880</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 269 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Chester Adams and Elizabeth (Watts) 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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James Adams (Massachusetts)">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="116.79.06">Adams, James</a> — of California. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a> 21st District, 1880-81. 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="634.67.03">Adams, James</a> — of Shreveport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/CA-lived.html">Caddo Parish</a>, La. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Louisiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/LA.html">1960</a>. Still living as of 1960. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="065.88.68">Adams, James</a> — of Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2008/CA.html">2008</a>. Still living as of 2008. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="787.25.04">Adams, James</a> — also known as Brud Adams — Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/sthse.html">Texas state house of representatives</a> 109th District, 2010. Still living as of 2010. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="802.79.71">Adams, James A.</a> — Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Wisconsin</a> 6th District, 1972. Still living as of 1972. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="665.09.09">Adams, James Dupont</a> (1887-1966) — also known as James D. Adams — of Columbia City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/WH-lived.html">Whitley County</a>, Ind. Born in Columbia City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/WH-born.html">Whitley County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1887/07-02.html">July 2, 1887</a>. Democrat. President, Citizens State <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Bank</a>; among the organizers of Columbia <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/wool.html">Woolen Mills</a>; publisher, Columbia City Post <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper</a>; owner of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/movie-theaters.html">movie theaters</a>; president, Whitley County <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/telephone.html">Telephone</a> Co., 1912-26; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">cattle breeder</a>; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/IN.html">1940</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/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-bankers-assoc.html">American Bankers Association</a>. Died in August, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1966/index.html">1966</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 0 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/WH-buried.html#cms06098">Greenhill Cemetery</a>, Columbia City, Ind. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/29236143">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="722.81.71">Adams, James E.</a> — of Quincy, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/AD-lived.html">Adams County</a>, Ill. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/IL.html">1916</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="199.61.51">Adams, James E.</a> — of Englewood, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/AR-lived.html">Arapahoe County</a>, Colo. Democrat. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/englewood.html#2">Englewood, Colo.</a>, 1933-64 (acting, 1933-34). 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="802.91.46">Adams, James F.</a> — Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Missouri</a> 14th District, 1926. 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="563.62.37">Adams, James H.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CN-lived.html">Chenango County</a>, N.Y. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Chenango County, 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="079.87.02">Adams, James Hopkins</a> (1812-1861) — also known as James H. Adams — of Gadsden, Richland District (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/RI-lived.html">Richland County</a>), S.C. Born in Congaree, Richland District (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/RI-born.html">Richland County</a>), S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1812/03-15.html">March 15, 1812</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Planter</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/sthse.html">South Carolina state house of representatives</a>, 1834-37, 1840-41, 1848-49; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/stsen.html">South Carolina state senate</a>, 1851-54; candidate for Presidential Elector for South Carolina; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/gov.html">Governor of South Carolina</a>, 1854-56; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/seccn.html">delegate to South Carolina secession convention</a> from Richland, 1860-61; died in office 1861. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Died in Columbia, Richland District (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/RI-died.html">Richland County</a>), S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1861/07-13.html">July 13, 1861</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/49.html">49 years, 120 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/RI-buried.html#cms05751">St. John's Episcopal Churchyard</a>, Congaree, S.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">Relatives: Son of Henry Walker Adams and Mary Goodwyn Adams; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1832/">1832</a> to Jane Margaret Scott; nephew of <a href="#888.28.56">Joel Adams II</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams9.html#233.68.65">William Weston Adams</a>; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams4.html#315.25.99">Henry Walker Adams (1852-1903)</a>; grandson of <a href="#522.77.63">Joel Adams</a>; first cousin of <a href="#760.00.06">James Uriah Adams</a> and <a href="#973.58.72">James Pickett Adams</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/14828.html">Adams family</a> of Congaree, South Carolina.</td></tr> <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/james-hopkins-adams/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James Hopkins Adams">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/24034566">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="953.07.23">Adams, James L.</a> — Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from St. Joseph District, 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> <a name="136.14.77">Adams, James L.</a> (1921-2014) — also known as Jim Adams — of Minneapolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/HE-lived.html">Hennepin County</a>, Minn. Born in Iron Mountain, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/DI-born.html">Dickinson County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1921/10-02.html">October 2, 1921</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/electrician.html">electrician</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/labor.html">treasurer</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/labor.html">president</a>, IBEW Local 292; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/sthse.html">Minnesota state house of representatives</a>, 1955-74 (District 31 1955-62, District 42 1963-72, District 60-A 1973-74). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lutheran.html">Lutheran</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scandinavian.html">Swedish</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/labor-unions.html">International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers</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>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>. Died in Minneapolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/HE-died.html">Hennepin County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2014/08-06.html">August 6, 2014</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/92.html">92 years, 308 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/HE-buried.html#cms00172">Lakewood Cemetery</a>, Minneapolis, Minn. <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 Lewis Adams and Signe Adams; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1954/">1954</a> to Edith Hvambsal.</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/185189726">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=10005">Minnesota Legislator record</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="220.39.77">Adams, James Lee</a> (1873-1946) — also known as James L. Adams — of Coraopolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AL-lived.html">Allegheny County</a>, Pa.; Pittsburgh, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AL-lived.html">Allegheny County</a>, Pa.; Mt. Lebanon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AL-lived.html">Allegheny County</a>, Pa. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AL-born.html">Allegheny County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1873/05-27.html">May 27, 1873</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a> from Allegheny County 12th District, 1907-09; resigned 1909; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/stsen.html">Pennsylvania state senate</a> 45th District, 1909-12; as receiver to wrap up the affairs of a defunct Pittsburgh bank, he allegedly failed to pay $22,000 owed to the city; in November 1926, he was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">arrested</a> in St. Petersburg, Florida, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">charged</a> with <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/embezzlement.html">embezzlement</a>; released on $10,000 bond; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">re-arrested</a> in December, after detectives received information that he was about to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/flight-escape.html">jump bail</a>; waived extradition and voluntarily returned to Pittsburgh; the case against him was dropped in April 1927. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>. Died, from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, in Mt. Lebanon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AL-died.html">Allegheny County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1946/04-20.html">April 20, 1946</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 328 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AL-buried.html# ">Allegheny County Memorial Park</a>, Allison Park, Pa. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of William Adams and Mary Emma (Butler) Adams; married to Elise M. Campbell.</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/176776302">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="782.82.42">Adams, James M.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/BA-lived.html">Barry County</a>, Mo. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Barry County, 1891-92. 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="198.74.01">Adams, James P.</a> — of Salyersville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/MG-lived.html">Magoffin County</a>, Ky. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1904/KY.html">1904</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="973.58.72">Adams, James Pickett</a> (1828-1904) — Born in Richland District (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/RI-born.html">Richland County</a>), S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1828/09-02.html">September 2, 1828</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/sthse.html">South Carolina state house of representatives</a>, 1858-61, 1888-89; major in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1872/SC.html">1872</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/RI-died.html">Richland County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1904/11-01.html">November 1, 1904</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 60 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/RI-buried.html#cms05751">St. John's Episcopal Churchyard</a>, Congaree, S.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">Relatives: Nephew of <a href="#888.28.56">Joel Adams II</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams9.html#233.68.65">William Weston Adams</a>; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams4.html#315.25.99">Henry Walker Adams</a>; grandson of <a href="#522.77.63">Joel Adams</a>; first cousin of <a href="#760.00.06">James Uriah Adams</a> and <a href="#079.87.02">James Hopkins Adams</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/14828.html">Adams family</a> of Congaree, South Carolina.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="178.07.23">Adams, James Q.</a> — of Monroe, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MO-lived.html">Monroe County</a>, Mich. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/monroe.html">Mayor of Monroe, Mich.</a>, 1838. 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="212.09.04">Adams, James R.</a> — Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from North Carolina</a> 7th District, 2000, 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> <a name="760.00.06">Adams, James Uriah</a> (1812-1871) — Born in Richland District (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/RI-born.html">Richland County</a>), S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1812/02-12.html">February 12, 1812</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Planter</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/sthse.html">South Carolina state house of representatives</a>, 1864. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/RI-died.html">Richland County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1871/03-07.html">March 7, 1871</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/59.html">59 years, 23 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/RI-buried.html#cms05751">St. John's Episcopal Churchyard</a>, Congaree, S.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">Relatives: Father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams4.html#315.25.99">Henry Walker Adams</a>; nephew of <a href="#888.28.56">Joel Adams II</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams9.html#233.68.65">William Weston Adams</a>; grandson of <a href="#522.77.63">Joel Adams</a>; first cousin of <a href="#079.87.02">James Hopkins Adams</a> and <a href="#973.58.72">James Pickett Adams</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/14828.html">Adams family</a> of Congaree, South Carolina.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="961.10.05">Adams, James W.</a> — of Rensselaer, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RE-lived.html">Rensselaer County</a>, N.Y. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/rensselaer.html">Mayor of Rensselaer, N.Y.</a>, 1926-29. 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="890.51.54">Adams, Janet</a> — of Webster City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/HM-lived.html">Hamilton County</a>, Iowa. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/IA.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> <a name="606.13.37">Adams, Jayno W.</a> (b. 1870) — of Waterford Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/OA-lived.html">Oakland County</a>, Mich. Born in Grand Blanc, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/GE-born.html">Genesee County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1870/10-16.html">October 16, 1870</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/waterford-twp.html">supervisor of Waterford Township, Michigan</a>; defeated, 1904; elected 1905. 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 Jayno Charles Adams and Helen M. (Ellis) Adams.</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="470.85.52">Adams, Jed Cobb</a> (1876-1935) — also known as Jed Adams — of Kaufman, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/KF-lived.html">Kaufman County</a>, Tex.; Dallas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/DA-lived.html">Dallas County</a>, Tex. Born in Kaufman, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/KF-born.html">Kaufman County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1876/01-14.html">January 14, 1876</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/KF-officials.html">Kaufman County State's Attorney</a>, 1898-1902; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1904/TX.html">1904</a>; candidate for Presidential Elector for Texas; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas</a>, 1919. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1935/01-29.html">January 29, 1935</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/59.html">59 years, 15 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Z. T. Adams and Elizabeth (Ratliff) Adams; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1897/12-01.html">December 1, 1897</a>, to Allie Nash.</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="738.50.49">Adams, Jeff Frank</a> — of Blountstown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/CA-lived.html">Calhoun County</a>, Fla. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/FL.html">Democratic National Committee from Florida</a>, 1947. 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="710.38.02">Adams, Jefferson A.</a> — Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/stsen.html">Delaware state senate</a> 15th District, 1982. Still living as of 1982. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="044.68.49">Adams, Jeremiah K.</a> — of Lisbon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NL-lived.html">New London County</a>, Conn. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/stsen.html">Connecticut state senate</a> 8th District, 1871. 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="673.36.43">Adams, Jerome</a> — of Hartford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Hartford; elected 1954. 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="790.36.31">Adams, Jesse</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/JO-lived.html">Johnston County</a>, N.C. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/comm.html">North Carolina house of commons</a> from Johnston County, 1813-17, 1840-41, 1844-45; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/stsen.html">North Carolina state senate</a> from Johnston County, 1819-20. 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="827.77.40">Adams, Jesse</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/AT-lived.html">Atlantic County</a>, N.J. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/stsen.html">New Jersey state senate</a> from Atlantic County, 1869-71. 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="881.14.57">Adams, Jesse</a> — of Gloster, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/AM-lived.html">Amite County</a>, Miss. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Mississippi, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/MS.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="347.49.83">Adams, Jewett William</a> (1835-1920) — also known as Jewett W. Adams; "Ironhub" — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/cc-lived.html">Carson City</a>, Nev. Born in South Hero, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/GI-born.html">Grand Isle County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1835/08-06.html">August 6, 1835</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Nevada</a>, 1874-82; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Nevada</a>, 1883-87; defeated, 1886; superintendent, U.S. Mint at Carson City, 1895-98. Died in Berkeley, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-died.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1920/06-18.html">June 18, 1920</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/84.html">84 years, 317 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SM-buried.html#cms01912">Cypress Lawn Memorial Park</a>, Colma, Calif. <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 William Adams and Nancy (Boardman) Adams; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1878/01-16.html">January 16, 1878</a>, to Emma E. Lee.</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/jewett-william-adams/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewett W. Adams">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/37726958">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Adams, Jim See <a href="#136.14.77">James L. Adams</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.adams4crystalmayor.com/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/131/28.28.jpg" width=70 height=103 border=0 alt="Jim Adams"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="131.28.28">Adams, Jim</a> — of Crystal, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/HE-lived.html">Hennepin County</a>, Minn. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawenforcement.html">Fire fighter</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/construction.html">remodeling and construction business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/crystal.html">mayor of Crystal, Minn.</a>, 2013-. Still living as of 2014. <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">Image source: Adams for Mayor web site</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, Joan See <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/monaco-monro.html#952.56.58">Joan Mondale</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="178.41.27">Adams, Joan</a> — of Camarillo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/VE-lived.html">Ventura County</a>, Calif. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2004/CA.html">2004</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</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> <a name="707.91.46">Adams, Jo-Ann M.</a> — of Honolulu, Island of Oahu, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/HI/HO-lived.html">Honolulu County</a>, Hawaii. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Hawaii, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2008/HI.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, Joe See <a href="#153.76.36">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="763.05.89">Adams, Joe M.</a> — of Cotter, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/BA-lived.html">Baxter County</a>, Ark. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Arkansas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/AR.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="522.77.63">Adams, Joel</a> (1750-1830) — of South Carolina. Born in Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1750/02-04.html">February 4, 1750</a>. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">planter</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/sthse.html">South Carolina state house of representatives</a>, 1814-15. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Died in Congaree, Richland District (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/RI-died.html">Richland County</a>), S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1830/07-09.html">July 9, 1830</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 155 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/RI-buried.html#cms05751">St. John's Episcopal Churchyard</a>, Congaree, S.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">Relatives: Married to Grace Weston; father of <a href="#888.28.56">Joel Adams II</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams9.html#233.68.65">William Weston Adams</a>; grandfather of <a href="#760.00.06">James Uriah Adams</a>, <a href="#079.87.02">James Hopkins Adams</a> and <a href="#973.58.72">James Pickett Adams</a>; great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams4.html#315.25.99">Henry Walker Adams</a>; second great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams9.html#439.76.06">Weston Adams II</a>; third great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams3.html#985.82.05">Edward Clarkson Leverette Adams</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams7.html#746.18.52">Robert Adams (VI)</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/14828.html">Adams family</a> of Congaree, South Carolina.</td></tr> <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/Joel Adams">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/75518306">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="967.96.32">Adams, Joel</a> — of Chelmsford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/MI-lived.html">Middlesex County</a>, Mass. Born in Massachusetts. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/chelmsford.html">Chelmsford, Mass.</a>, 1816. 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="888.28.56">Adams, Joel II</a> (1784-1859) — Born in Congaree, Richland District (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/RI-born.html">Richland County</a>), S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1784/03-06.html">March 6, 1784</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Planter</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/sthse.html">South Carolina state house of representatives</a>, 1832-33. Died in Congaree, Richland District (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/RI-died.html">Richland County</a>), S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1859/05-01.html">May 1, 1859</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 56 days</a>). Interment <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/RI-buried.html#cms07125">somewhere</a> in Richland County, S.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">Relatives: Son of <a href="#522.77.63">Joel Adams</a>; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams9.html#233.68.65">William Weston Adams</a>; uncle of <a href="#760.00.06">James Uriah Adams</a>, <a href="#079.87.02">James Hopkins Adams</a> and <a href="#973.58.72">James Pickett Adams</a>; granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams4.html#315.25.99">Henry Walker Adams</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/14828.html">Adams family</a> of Congaree, South Carolina.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="265.08.29">Adams, Joel</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/AT-lived.html">Atlantic County</a>, N.J. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/stsen.html">New Jersey state senate</a> from Atlantic County, 1845-47. 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="053.36.92">Adams, Joel L.</a> — of Laurel Hill, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/OK-lived.html">Okaloosa County</a>, Fla. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Florida, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1972/FL.html">1972</a>. Still living as of 1972. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/6268119530/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/675/84.63.jpg" width=70 height=78 border=0 alt="John Adams"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="675.84.63">Adams, John</a> (1735-1826) — also known as "His Rotundity"; "The Duke of Braintree"; "American Cato"; "Old Sink and Swim"; "The Colossus of Independence"; "Father of the American Navy" — of Quincy, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/NO-lived.html">Norfolk County</a>, Mass. Born in Braintree (part now in Quincy), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/NO-born.html">Norfolk County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1735/10-30.html">October 30, 1735</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/ccdel.html">Delegate to Continental Congress from Massachusetts</a>, 1774-78; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/founders.html">signer, Declaration of Independence</a>, 1776; U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/NL-diplomats.html ">Netherlands</a>, 1781-88; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/UK-diplomats.html ">Great Britain</a>, 1785-88; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp.html">Vice President of the United States</a>, 1789-97; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp.html">President of the United States</a>, 1797-1801; defeated (Federalist), 1800; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/cncn.html">delegate to Massachusetts state constitutional convention</a>, 1820. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/unitarian.html">Unitarian</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-acad-arts-sciences.html">American Academy of Arts and Sciences</a>. Elected to the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/hall-of-fame.html">Hall of Fame for Great Americans</a> in 1900. Died in Quincy, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/NO-died.html">Norfolk County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1826/07-04.html">July 4, 1826</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/90.html">90 years, 247 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.; 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">Relatives: Son of John Adams (1691-1761) and Susanna (Boylston) Adams; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1764/10-25.html">October 25, 1764</a>, to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams1.html#432.12.41">Abigail Quincy Smith</a> (aunt of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/crampton-crandall.html#350.99.32">William Cranch</a>); father of Abigail Amelia Adams (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith9.html#336.33.33">William Stephens Smith</a>) and <a href="#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>); grandfather 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-grandfather of <a href="#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 great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams2.html#945.56.41">Charles Francis Adams (1866-1954)</a>; third great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams8.html#433.61.01">Thomas Boylston Adams</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html#061.33.60">Edward M. Chapin</a>; first cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html#403.46.98">Arthur Chapin</a>; first cousin six times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html#643.28.78">Denwood Lynn Chapin</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams8.html#103.05.89">Samuel Adams</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allen5.html#327.71.65">Joseph Allen</a>; second cousin twice removed of <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/wells.html#453.52.89">William Vincent Wells</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/bates.html#735.59.49">Arthur Laban Bates</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> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boyles-bradburn.html#257.28.91">Emerson Richard Boyles</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/coffinburg-cohelan.html#446.92.43">Thomas Cogswell (1799-1868)</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mason.html#998.41.69">Jeremiah Mason</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lordell-lotus.html#067.03.43">George Bailey Loring</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/coffinburg-cohelan.html#501.57.58">Thomas Cogswell (1841-1904)</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/otis.html#059.85.99">Asahel Otis</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/faalevao-fairbanks.html#791.00.17">Erastus Fairbanks</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sternberg-steunenberg.html#191.43.20">Charles Stetson</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stanton.html#673.35.18">Henry Brewster Stanton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams2.html#499.49.02">Charles Adams Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sternberg-steunenberg.html#416.90.03">Isaiah Stetson</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/perkins.html#166.95.51">Joshua Perkins</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thayer.html#787.28.99">Eli Thayer</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/kellian-kellum.html#216.73.47">Day Otis Kellogg</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#049.84.76">Dwight Kellogg</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sternberg-steunenberg.html#643.75.14">Caleb Stetson</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ames.html#331.55.57">Oakes Ames</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ames.html#054.90.99">Oliver Ames Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wait-walberg.html#760.54.00">Benjamin W. Waite</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ames.html#911.07.67">Alfred Elisha Ames</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/yates.html#452.02.17">Joseph Washburn Yates</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sprague.html#601.84.02">Augustus Brown Reed Sprague</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/faalevao-fairbanks.html#420.92.95">Franklin Fairbanks</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/phelps.html#906.07.86">Erskine Mason Phelps</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/holden.html#540.60.75">Arthur Newton Holden</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thayer.html#019.52.27">John Alden Thayer</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chase.html#192.92.24">Irving Hall Chase</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sternberg-steunenberg.html#441.17.86">Isaiah Kidder Stetson</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tagawa-talbird.html#596.46.56">Giles Russell Taggart</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Adams counties in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/AM.html">Idaho</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/AM.html">Iowa</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/AD.html">Miss.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/AD.html">Neb.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/AD.html">Ohio</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AD.html">Pa.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/AD.html">Wash.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/AD.html">Wis.</a> are 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"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-mountains.html">Mount</a> Adams (second highest peak in the Northeast), 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> SS John Adams (built 1941-42 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/CC-names.html">Richmond, California</a>; torpedoed and lost in the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WW/PA-names.html">Coral Sea</a>, 1942) was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Other politicians named for him: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harper.html#363.62.06">John Adams Harper</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cameron.html#960.45.88">John A. Cameron</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/diperna-dix.html#242.75.21">John A. Dix</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fisher.html#719.15.50">John Adams Fisher</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tagawa-talbird.html#106.38.64">John A. Taintor</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gilmann-gilmer.html#066.36.02">John A. Gilmer</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/perkins.html#187.98.39">John A. Perkins</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hyden-hyzer.html#427.78.01">John Adams Hyman</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dalzell-damrow.html#214.36.17">John A. Damon</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee5.html#568.42.90">John A. Lee</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sanders.html#124.78.05">John A. Sanders</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hurn-hutchin.html#426.55.39">John Adams Hurson</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=A000039">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400699">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John Adams">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/adams-john">U.S. State Dept career summary</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/222/000044090">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=4131">OurCampaigns candidate detail</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">Books about John Adams: John Ferling, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0805045767/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0805045767&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">John Adams: A Life</a> — Joseph J. Ellis, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393311333/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0393311333&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">The Passionate Sage: The Character and Legacy of John Adams</a> — David McCullough, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0743223136/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0743223136&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">John Adams</a> — Gore Vidal, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0300101716/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0300101716&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Inventing A Nation: Washington, Adams, Jefferson</a> — John Ferling, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0195167716/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0195167716&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Adams vs. Jefferson: The Tumultuous Election of 1800</a> — James Grant, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0374113149/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0374113149&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">John Adams : Party of One</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: Portrait & Biographical Album of Washtenaw County (1891)</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="909.47.75">Adams, John</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/HD-lived.html">Hyde County</a>, N.C. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/comm.html">North Carolina house of commons</a> from Hyde County, 1810, 1812-13. 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="301.55.89">Adams, John</a> (1778-1854) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/GR-lived.html">Greene County</a>, N.Y. Born in Oak Hill, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/GR-born.html">Greene County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1778/08-26.html">August 26, 1778</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/GR-officials.html">Greene County Surrogate</a>, 1810; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Greene County, 1812-13; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 8th District, 1815, 1833-35. Died in Catskill, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/GR-died.html">Greene County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1854/09-25.html">September 25, 1854</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 30 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/GR-buried.html#cms00361">Thomson Street Cemetery</a>, Catskill, 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://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000038">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400700">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John Adams (New York)">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7742104">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=265400">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="776.53.52">Adams, John</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/rm-lived.html">Richmond</a>, Va. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">Physician</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/richmond.html">mayor of Richmond, Va.</a>, 1819-26. 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="382.11.73">Adams, John</a> (1819-1908) — of Black Earth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/DA-lived.html">Dane County</a>, Wis. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1819/index.html">1819</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/asmbly.html">Wisconsin state assembly</a>, 1869-70, 1872; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/stsen.html">Wisconsin state senate</a>, 1882-83. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1908/index.html">1908</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/89.html">about 89 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/DA-buried.html# ">Oak Hill Cemetery</a>, Black Earth, Wis. <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: Father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams1.html#527.08.96">Alva Adams</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams9.html#917.12.22">William Herbert Adams</a>; grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams4.html#003.83.24">Harry Wilfred 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/69545730">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="476.06.00">Adams, John</a> — of Marshall, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/CL-lived.html">Calhoun County</a>, Mich. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/marshall.html">Mayor of Marshall, Mich.</a>, 1871-72, 1879-81. 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="560.23.08">Adams, John</a> — of Columbia City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/WH-lived.html">Whitley County</a>, Ind. Democrat. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/columbiacity.html#2">Columbia City, Ind.</a>, 1893-97. 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="184.06.12">Adams, John</a> — of Vandergrift, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/WE-lived.html">Westmoreland County</a>, Pa. Democrat. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/vandergrift.html#3">Vandergrift, Pa.</a>, 1913-21. 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="479.68.19">Adams, John</a> — of Pueblo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/PU-lived.html">Pueblo County</a>, Colo. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/CO.html">1920</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="684.51.90">Adams, John</a> — of Guthrie, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/LO-lived.html">Logan County</a>, Okla. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Oklahoma, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/OK.html">1924</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="763.43.14">Adams, John</a> — of South Rockwood, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MO-lived.html">Monroe County</a>, Mich. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/berlin-twp.html">supervisor of Berlin Township, Michigan</a>, 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="055.21.57">Adams, John, Sr.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/DO-lived.html">Douglas County</a>, Neb. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/ofc/uleg.html">Nebraska unicameral legislature</a> 5th District; elected 1948. 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="277.80.75">Adams, John</a> — of New Hampshire. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New Hampshire</a> 1st District, 1976. Still living as of 1976. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="978.67.10">Adams, John</a> — Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Florida</a> 12th District, 1978. Still living as of 1978. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="570.45.61">Adams, John</a> — of Tucson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/PI-lived.html">Pima County</a>, Ariz. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arizona, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2008/AZ.html">2008</a>. Still living as of 2008. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="303.31.04">Adams, John</a> — Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/sthse.html">Texas state house of representatives</a> 45th District, 2012. Still living as of 2012. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="128.25.99">Adams, John B.</a> — of Summit Hill, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CB-lived.html">Carbon County</a>, Pa. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/PA.html">1924</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="340.45.44">Adams, John C.</a> (1836-1900) — of Newburgh, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OR-lived.html">Orange County</a>, N.Y. Born in Tivoli, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/DU-born.html">Dutchess County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1836/index.html">1836</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/auctioneer.html">Auctioneer</a>; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/newburgh.html#3">Newburgh, N.Y.</a>, 1881; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Orange County 1st District, 1888-90. Died in Newburgh, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OR-died.html">Orange County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1900/01-12.html">January 12, 1900</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">about 63 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">Relatives: Son of Ebenezer Adams.</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="712.89.35">Adams, John C.</a> — of Phoenix, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/MA-lived.html">Maricopa County</a>, Ariz. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/ofc/phoenix.html">Mayor of Phoenix, Ariz.</a>, 1897-99, 1905; resigned 1899, 1905; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/ofc/phoenix.html#2">Phoenix, Ariz.</a>, 1898-1902. 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="147.32.94">Adams, John C.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/CS-lived.html">Coshocton County</a>, Ohio. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/sthse.html">Ohio state house of representatives</a> from Coshocton County; elected 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="501.61.80">Adams, John G., Jr.</a> — Socialist. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Mississippi. 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="165.52.61">Adams, John G. B.</a> — of Lynn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ES-lived.html">Essex County</a>, Mass. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/lynn.html#2">Lynn, Mass.</a>, 1877-85. 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="736.21.04">Adams, John Gardner</a> (b. 1892) — also known as J. G. Adams — of Coeur d'Alene, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/KO-lived.html">Kootenai County</a>, Idaho. Born in Boise, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/AD-born.html">Ada County</a>, Idaho, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1892/04-14.html">April 14, 1892</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">Real estate</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">insurance</a> business; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/ofc/coeurdalene.html">mayor of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho</a>, 1947-50. <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/elks.html">Elks</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 Gardner G. Adams and Mildred H. (Heaston) Adams; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1914/06-24.html">June 24, 1914</a>, to Lexie Ross.</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="039.36.24">Adams, John H.</a> — of New Milford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/LI-lived.html">Litchfield County</a>, Conn. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/newmilford.html#2">First selectman of New Milford, Connecticut</a>, 1949-50. 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="866.10.34">Adams, John Hurst</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/WT-lived.html">Walton County</a>, Ga. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/sthse.html">Georgia state house of representatives</a> from Walton County, 1927-28. 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="125.76.96">Adams, John J.</a> — of Zanesville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/MU-lived.html">Muskingum County</a>, Ohio. Republican. Circuit judge in Ohio 5th Circuit, 1895-1901. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="364.01.02">Adams, John Joseph</a> (1848-1919) — also known as John J. Adams — of New York. Born in Douglas Town, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/NB-born.html">New Brunswick</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1848/09-16.html">September 16, 1848</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a>, 1883-87 (8th District 1883-85, 7th District 1885-87). Died suddenly, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart disease</a> (a year after suffering a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stroke.html">stroke</a> of paralysis), in the Ansonia <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/hotels.html">Hotel</a>, Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1919/02-16.html">February 16, 1919</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 153 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://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000040">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400701">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John J. Adams">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/3843">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=189131">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="394.48.64">Adams, John M.</a> — of Sidney, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/CH-lived.html">Cheyenne County</a>, Neb. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/ofc/sthse.html">Nebraska state house of representatives</a>, 1885. 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="409.07.79">Adams, John P.</a> — Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1888/NY.html">1888</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="567.92.80">Adams, John Q.</a> — of River Falls, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/PI-lived.html">Pierce County</a>, Wis. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/asmbly.html">Wisconsin state assembly</a>, 1853, 1863; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/stsen.html">Wisconsin state senate</a>, 1854-56. 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="616.25.29">Adams, John Q.</a> — of Biddeford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/YO-lived.html">York County</a>, Maine. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/biddeford.html">Mayor of Biddeford, Maine</a>, 1863-64. 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="408.34.63">Adams, John Q.</a> — of Uniontown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/FA-lived.html">Fayette County</a>, Pa. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/PA.html">1928</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/uniontown.html">mayor of Uniontown, Pa.</a>, 1937. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/6267596221/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/951/27.66.jpg" width=70 height=85 border=0 alt="John Quincy Adams"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="951.27.66">Adams, John Quincy</a> (1767-1848) — also known as "Old Man Eloquent"; "The Accidental President"; "The Massachusetts Madman" — of Boston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-lived.html">Suffolk County</a>, Mass.; Quincy, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/NO-lived.html">Norfolk County</a>, Mass. Born in Braintree (part now in Quincy), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/NO-born.html">Norfolk County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1767/07-11.html">July 11, 1767</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/NL-diplomats.html ">Netherlands</a>, 1794-97; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GR-diplomats.html ">Prussia</a>, 1797-1801; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/RU-diplomats.html ">Russia</a>, 1809-14; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/UK-diplomats.html ">Great Britain</a>, 1815-17; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/stsen.html">Massachusetts state senate</a>, 1802; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Massachusetts</a>, 1803-08; resigned 1808; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/cabinet.html">U.S. Secretary of State</a>, 1817-25; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp.html">President of the United States</a>, 1825-29; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Massachusetts</a>, 1831-48 (11th District 1831-33, 12th District 1833-43, 8th District 1843-48); died in office 1848; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Massachusetts</a>, 1834. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/unitarian.html">Unitarian</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-acad-arts-sciences.html">American Academy of Arts and Sciences</a>. Elected to the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/hall-of-fame.html">Hall of Fame for Great Americans</a> in 1905. Suffered a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stroke.html">stroke</a> while speaking on the floor of the U.S. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/legislative.html">House of Representatives</a>, February 21, 1848, and died two days later in the Speaker's <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/offices.html">office</a>, U.S. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/us-capitol.html">Capitol Building</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1848/02-23.html">February 23, 1848</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 227 days</a>). Original interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/NO-buried.html#cms07299">Hancock Cemetery</a>, Quincy, Mass.; reinterment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/NO-buried.html#cms02213">United First Parish Church</a>, Quincy, Mass.; cenotaph at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-buried.html#cms00416">Congressional Cemetery</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">Relatives: Son of <a href="#675.84.63">John Adams</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams1.html#432.12.41">Abigail Adams</a>; brother of Abigail Amelia Adams (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith9.html#336.33.33">William Stephens Smith</a>); married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1797/07-26.html">July 26, 1797</a>, to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams6.html#194.84.36">Louisa Catherine Johnson</a> (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnson5.html#595.41.71">Joshua Johnson</a>; sister-in-law of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pope.html#025.56.22">John Pope</a>; niece of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnson8.html#811.11.28">Thomas Johnson</a>); father 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>; grandfather of <a href="#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-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams2.html#945.56.41">Charles Francis Adams (1866-1954)</a>; second great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams8.html#433.61.01">Thomas Boylston Adams</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/crampton-crandall.html#350.99.32">William Cranch</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams8.html#103.05.89">Samuel Adams</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html#061.33.60">Edward M. Chapin</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html#403.46.98">Arthur Chapin</a>; second cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html#643.28.78">Denwood Lynn Chapin</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allen5.html#327.71.65">Joseph Allen</a>; third cousin once 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>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/coffinburg-cohelan.html#446.92.43">Thomas Cogswell (1799-1868)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thayer.html#167.23.46">John Milton Thayer</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wells.html#453.52.89">William Vincent Wells</a>; third cousin thrice 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/bates.html#735.59.49">Arthur Laban Bates</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/whiting.html#473.65.76">Almur Stiles Whiting</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mason.html#998.41.69">Jeremiah Mason</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/quiles-quinlivan.html#071.51.18">Josiah Quincy Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lordell-lotus.html#067.03.43">George Bailey Loring</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/coffinburg-cohelan.html#501.57.58">Thomas Cogswell (1841-1904)</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/otis.html#059.85.99">Asahel Otis</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/faalevao-fairbanks.html#791.00.17">Erastus Fairbanks</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sternberg-steunenberg.html#191.43.20">Charles Stetson</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stanton.html#673.35.18">Henry Brewster Stanton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams2.html#499.49.02">Charles Adams Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sternberg-steunenberg.html#416.90.03">Isaiah Stetson</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/perkins.html#166.95.51">Joshua Perkins</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thayer.html#787.28.99">Eli Thayer</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams1.html#598.26.24">Bailey Frye Adams</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/quiles-quinlivan.html#162.82.17">Samuel Miller Quincy</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">Cross-reference: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith5.html#037.21.71">John Smith</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/weclew-weekes.html#930.88.30">Thurlow Weed</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">Adams counties in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/AD.html">Ill.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/AD.html">Ind.</a> are 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"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-mountains.html">Mount</a> Quincy 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>.  — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-mountains.html">Mount</a> Quincy Adams, on the border between <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/BC-names.html">British Columbia, Canada</a>, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AK/HG-names.html">Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, Alaska</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Other politicians named for him: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boyles-bradburn.html#868.67.41">John Q. A. Brackett</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sheehe-shelden.html#670.60.76">John Q. A. Shelden</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/reade-rector.html#411.62.81">J. Q. A. Reber</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=A000041">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400702">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John Quincy Adams">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/adams-john-quincy">U.S. State Dept career summary</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/370/000026292">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=4121">OurCampaigns candidate detail</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">Books about John Quincy Adams: Paul C. Nagel, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0674479408/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0674479408&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">John Quincy Adams : A Public Life, a Private Life</a> — Lynn Hudson Parsons, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0945612591/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0945612591&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">John Quincy Adams</a> — Robert V. Remini, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0805069399/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0805069399&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">John Quincy Adams</a> — Joseph Wheelan, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0786720123/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0786720123&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Mr. Adams's Last Crusade: John Quincy Adams's Extraordinary Post-Presidential Life in Congress</a> — John F. Kennedy, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060955449/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0060955449&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Profiles in Courage</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: Portrait & Biographical Album of Washtenaw County (1891)</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="686.41.46">Adams, John Quincy</a> (1833-1894) — of Quincy, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/NO-lived.html">Norfolk County</a>, Mass. Born in Boston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-born.html">Suffolk County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1833/09-22.html">September 22, 1833</a>. Democrat. <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>, 1866, 1869; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Massachusetts</a>, 1867, 1868, 1869, 1870, 1871, 1879; Straight Out Democratic candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp.html">Vice President of the United States</a>, 1872; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts</a>, 1873. Died in Quincy, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/NO-died.html">Norfolk County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1894/08-14.html">August 14, 1894</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/60.html">60 years, 326 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <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/adams1.html#938.47.07">Brooks Adams</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1861/04-29.html">April 29, 1861</a>, to Fanny Cadwalader Crowninshield (granddaughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/crowninshield-crystal.html#004.43.19">Benjamin Williams Crowninshield</a>); father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams2.html#945.56.41">Charles Francis Adams (1866-1954)</a>; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams4.html#964.94.01">George Washington Adams</a>; grandson of <a href="#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="#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="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams1.html#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 family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John Quincy Adams II">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="258.39.52">Adams, John Quincy</a> (1837-1913) — also known as John Q. Adams — of Negaunee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MQ-lived.html">Marquette County</a>, Mich. Born in Cornwall, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/LI-born.html">Litchfield County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1837/11-02.html">November 2, 1837</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">insurance business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MQ-officials.html">Marquette County Prosecuting Attorney</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Marquette County, 1883-84; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1892/MI.html">1892</a>. 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/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1913/02-25.html">February 25, 1913</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 115 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MQ-buried.html#cms06406">Negaunee Cemetery</a>, Negaunee, Mich. <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 Lorilla (Hurlburt) Adams.</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="267.05.91">Adams, John Quincy</a> (1848-1911) — of New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born in Lancaster, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/CO-born.html">Coos County</a>, N.H., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1848/10-26.html">October 26, 1848</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">Real estate business</a>; raised money to save "The Old Flag House", where Betsy Ross is reputed to have sewed the first American flag; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 14th District, 1896. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-am-rev.html">Sons of the American Revolution</a>. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/kidney.html">Bright's disease</a>, in Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1911/01-14.html">January 14, 1911</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/62.html">62 years, 80 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">Relatives: Son of Harvey Adams and Nancy Dustin (Rowell) Adams; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1870/10-26.html">October 26, 1870</a>, to Marie Adèle Negrin; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams3.html#830.93.07">Francis Alexandre Adams</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams3.html#328.99.24">Edgar Jacob Adams</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams2.html#535.53.23">Charles Hall Adams</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams2.html#499.49.02">Charles Adams Jr.</a>; third cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams8.html#103.05.89">Samuel 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 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/10001-0072.html">Fairbanks-Adams family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0121.html">Saltonstall-Weeks family</a> of Massachusetts; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0392.html">Adams-Waite-Forshee-Cowan family</a> of Dexter, Michigan; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0126.html">Pike family</a> of Lubec, Maine; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0260.html">Adams-Rusling family</a> (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</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="548.03.12">Adams, John Quincy</a> (b. 1858) — of Toledo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/LU-lived.html">Lucas County</a>, Ohio. Born in Prairie Depot, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/WO-born.html">Wood County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1858/12-20.html">December 20, 1858</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; Democratic candidate for judge, 1898. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/woodmen.html">Modern Woodmen of America</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 M. Adams and Susannah S. (Lesher) Adams; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1907/12-01.html">December 1, 1907</a>, to Ruth Thrift.</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="046.59.13">Adams, John Quincy</a> — of Amesbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ES-lived.html">Essex County</a>, Mass. Socialist. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts</a>, 1903; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Massachusetts</a>, 1904. 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="890.23.68">Adams, John Quincy</a> (b. 1900) — also known as John Q. Adams — of Harlingen, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/CA-lived.html">Cameron County</a>, Tex. Born in Muskogee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/MU-born.html">Muskogee County</a>, Okla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1900/06-07.html">June 7, 1900</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1944/TX.html">1944</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1948/TX.html">1948</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/TX.html">1952</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/TX.html">1956</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-theta.html">Phi Delta Theta</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lions.html">Lions</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</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="975.04.91">Adams, John R.</a> — of Takoma Park, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/MO-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Md. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/takomapark.html">Mayor of Takoma Park, Md.</a>, 1936-40. 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="770.23.04">Adams, John R.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/KE-lived.html">Kent County</a>, Mich. Democrat. Democratic candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a>, 1966 (90th District), 1968 (90th District), 1970 (90th District), 1974 (primary, 92nd District). Still living as of 1974. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="062.96.27">Adams, John Richard</a> (1895-1975) — also known as Jack R. Adams — of Wheeling, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/OH-lived.html">Ohio County</a>, W.Va. Born in Wheeling, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/OH-born.html">Ohio County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1895/08-10.html">August 10, 1895</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Ohio County, 1935-36, 1941-42, 1955-56, 1965-66; resigned 1936; defeated, 1942, 1956, 1960, 1966; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/stsen.html">West Virginia state senate</a> 1st District, 1946; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/wheeling.html">mayor of Wheeling, W.Va.</a>, 1955-59. <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/farm-bureau.html">Farm Bureau</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/40-8.html">Forty and Eight</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>. Died in November, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1975/index.html">1975</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 0 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/OH-buried.html#cms01129">Greenwood Cemetery</a>, Wheeling, W.Va. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Effie Russell (Updegraff) Adams and Archibald Lynn 'Archie' Adams; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1928/04-18.html">April 18, 1928</a>, to Helen McCoid; married to Frances Grant.</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/131084187">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="803.70.94">Adams, John Robert</a> — of Port Arthur, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/JF-lived.html">Jefferson County</a>, Tex. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/NO-consuls.html">Honorary Vice-Consul for Norway</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/JF-consuls.html">Port Arthur, Tex.</a>, 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="876.86.11">Adams, John S.</a> — of Easton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-lived.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/stsen.html">Connecticut state senate</a> 10th District, 1871. 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="243.63.89">Adams, John S.</a> — of Jacksonville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/DU-lived.html">Duval County</a>, Fla. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/jacksonville.html#2">Jacksonville, Fla.</a>, 1874-76. 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="901.12.20">Adams, John S.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/CU-lived.html">Cumberland County</a>, Va. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/sthse.html">Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Cumberland County, 1877-79. 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="348.74.05">Adams, John T.</a> — of Norwich, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NL-lived.html">New London County</a>, Conn. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/stsen.html">Connecticut state senate</a> 8th District, 1864. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/5579081517/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/124/56.05.jpg" width=70 height=93 border=0 alt="John Taylor Adams"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="124.56.05">Adams, John Taylor</a> (1862-1939) — also known as John T. Adams — of Dubuque, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/DB-lived.html">Dubuque County</a>, Iowa. Born in Dubuque, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/DB-born.html">Dubuque County</a>, Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1862/12-22.html">December 22, 1862</a>. Republican. Door and sash manufacturer; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/IA.html">Republican National Committee from Iowa</a>, 1912-24; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/index.html">Chairman of Republican National Committee</a>, 1921-24; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/index.html">Vice-Chair of Republican National Committee</a>, 1917-21; member, Arrangements Committee (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/committees.html">1920</a>), speaker (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/speakers.html">1924</a>), , Republican National Convention. Died, following a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, in Dubuque, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/DB-died.html">Dubuque County</a>, Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1939/10-28.html">October 28, 1939</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 310 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">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams8.html#405.99.60">Shubael Pratt Adams</a> and Diana R. (Taylor) Adams; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1902/05-19.html">May 19, 1902</a>, to Winifred Rose.</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/John T. Adams">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/48449225">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="924.41.14">Adams, John Taylor</a> (1873-1942) — also known as John T. Adams — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-lived.html">Denver</a>, Colo. Born in LaPorte, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/LP-born.html">LaPorte County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1873/12-25.html">December 25, 1873</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/spju.html">justice of Colorado state supreme court</a>, 1925-35; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/spcj.html">chief justice of Colorado Supreme Court</a>, 1931-35. <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/phi-alpha-delta.html">Phi Alpha Delta</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-am-rev.html">Sons of the American Revolution</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1942/index.html">1942</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">about 68 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-buried.html#cms00627">Fairmount Cemetery</a>, Denver, 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 Thomas Leander Adams and Nannie (Pressly) Adams; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1902/05-29.html">May 29, 1902</a>, to Sue E. Raber.</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/29343735">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="606.71.14">Adams, John W.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-lived.html">Baltimore</a>, Md. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1888/MD.html">1888</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="939.35.13">Adams, John W.</a> — of Kalamazoo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/KZ-lived.html">Kalamazoo County</a>, Mich. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cirjd.html">Circuit judge in Michigan</a> 9th Circuit, 1900-08; resigned 1908. 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="605.11.34">Adams, John W.</a> — Democrat. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan. 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="427.96.99">Adams, John William</a> — Socialist. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 36th District, 1926. 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="101.95.85">Adams, Jonathan</a> — of Cleveland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/WI-lived.html">White County</a>, Ga. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/GA.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> <a name="826.56.33">Adams, Jordan</a> — Socialist. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan. Still living as of 2012. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="086.28.92">Adams, Joseph</a> — of Killingly, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/WI-lived.html">Windham County</a>, Conn. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/killingly.html#2">Killingly, Conn.</a>, 1812-31. 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="878.56.05">Adams, Joseph</a> — of Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-lived.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/NY.html">1916</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/NY.html">1928</a> (alternate). 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="392.08.66">Adams, Joseph</a> — of Omaha, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/DO-lived.html">Douglas County</a>, Neb. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Nebraska, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1992/NE.html">1992</a>. 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="153.76.36">Adams, Joseph</a> — also known as Joe Adams — of University City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/SS-lived.html">St. Louis County</a>, Mo. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/universitycity.html">Mayor of University City, Mo.</a>; elected 2006. Still living as of 2006. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="643.25.07">Adams, Joseph B.</a> — of Portsmouth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/RO-lived.html">Rockingham County</a>, N.H. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1864/NH.html">1864</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="615.63.99">Adams, Joseph E.</a> — of Jennings, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/SS-lived.html">St. Louis County</a>, Mo. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from St. Louis County 1st District, 1946. 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="492.57.61">Adams, Joseph H.</a> — of Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-lived.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Kings County 21st District, 1900-02; defeated, 1902, 1903. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="144.03.96">Adams, Joseph Henry</a> (c.1859-1924) — also known as Joseph H. Adams — of Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-born.html">Washington</a>, D.C., about 1859. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from New York County 21st District, 1904. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-am-rev.html">Sons of the Revolution</a>. Died in Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1924/08-19.html">August 19, 1924</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/65.html">about 65 years</a>). Interment <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-buried.html#cms04497">somewhere</a> in Washington, D.C. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="925.62.40">Adams, Joseph M.</a> — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1904/PA.html">1904</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="879.72.09">Adams, Joseph P.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/BU-lived.html">Burlington County</a>, N.J. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a> from Burlington County, 1874. 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="431.80.71">Adams, Josiah</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/JO-lived.html">Johnston County</a>, N.C. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/comm.html">North Carolina house of commons</a> from Johnston County, 1832. 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="736.23.96">Adams, Josiah G.</a> — of Wethersfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/wethersfield.html#2">First selectman of Wethersfield, Connecticut</a>, 1888, 1896-97. 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="639.25.02">Adams, Juan R.</a> — of Port Arthur, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/JF-lived.html">Jefferson County</a>, Tex. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/UR-consuls.html">Vice-Consul for Uruguay</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/JF-consuls.html">Port Arthur & Sabine Pass, Tex.</a>, 1902-07. 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="769.27.21">Adams, Julius J.</a> — of Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/NY.html">1956</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/NY.html">1960</a>. Presumed deceased. 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