| ADAMS (Soundex
A352)
— See also
ADAM,
ADAMES,
ADAMS-MEDINA,
ADAMSEN,
ADAMSKE,
ADAMSKI,
ADAMSON,
ADDAMS,
ADDOMS,
DAMAS,
LAWSON-ADAMS,
MASSAD,
MCADAMS,
REEDER-ADAMS.
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Adams, S. C. —
of Newfield, York
County, Maine.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1856.
Burial location unknown.
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Adams, S. Cary —
of Erie
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly from Erie County 4th District, 1857.
Burial location unknown.
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Adams, Salisbury —
Member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1963-76 (District 31 1963-66,
District 33-B 1967-72, District 42-B 1973-76).
Still living as of 1976.
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Adams, Sallie J. —
of Ava, Douglas
County, Mo.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri,
1924
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1928
(alternate).
Female.
Burial location unknown.
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Adams, Sam —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Mayor
of Portland, Ore., 2009-12.
Still living as of 2012.
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Adams, Samuel (1722-1803) —
also known as "The Tribune of the People";
"The Cromwell of New England";
"Determinatus"; "The Psalm Singer";
"Amendment Monger"; "American
Cato"; "Samuel the Publican" —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., September
27, 1722.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Massachusetts, 1774-81; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; delegate
to Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1779, 1788;
member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1781; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1788; Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1789-94; Governor of
Massachusetts, 1793-97; received 15 electoral votes, 1796.
Congregationalist.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
2, 1803 (age 81 years, 5
days).
Interment at Old
Granary Burying Ground, Boston, Mass.; memorial monument at Constitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Adams and Mary (Fifield) Adams; married 1749 to
Elizabeth Checkley; married 1764 to
Elizabeth Wells; uncle of Joseph
Allen; granduncle of Charles
Allen; great-grandfather of Elizabeth Wells Randall (who married
Alfred
Cumming) and William
Vincent Wells; second cousin of John
Adams; second cousin once removed of John
Quincy Adams (1767-1848); second cousin twice removed of George
Washington Adams, Charles
Francis Adams (1807-1886) and John
Milton Thayer; second cousin thrice removed of Edward
M. Chapin, John
Quincy Adams (1833-1894) and Brooks
Adams; second cousin four times removed of Lyman
Kidder Bass, Daniel
T. Hayden, Arthur
Chapin, Arthur
Laban Bates, Charles
Francis Adams (1866-1954) and Almur
Stiles Whiting; second cousin five times removed of Charles
Grenfill Washburn, Lyman
Metcalfe Bass, Emerson
Richard Boyles and Thomas Boylston
Adams; third cousin of Samuel
Huntington; third cousin once removed of Samuel
H. Huntington and Caleb
Cushing; third cousin twice removed of Willard
J. Chapin, Erastus
Fairbanks, Nathaniel
Huntington, James
Huntington, Joseph
Lyman Huntington, Elisha
Mills Huntington, Charles
Adams Jr., James
Brooks and Bailey
Frye Adams; third cousin thrice removed of Alphonso
Taft, Benjamin
W. Waite, George
Otis Fairbanks, Austin
Wells Holden, Horace
Fairbanks, Ebenezer
Oliver Grosvenor, Franklin
Fairbanks, Collins
Dwight Huntington, George
Milo Huntington, Edgar
Weeks and Arthur
Newton Holden; third cousin four times removed of John
Quincy Adams (1848-1911). |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Upham
family; Weeks-Bigelow-Andrew-Upham
family (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Mount
Sam Adams, in the White Mountains, Coos
County, New Hampshire, is named for
him. — The World War II Liberty
ship SS Samuel Adams (built 1941 at Terminal
Island, Los Angeles, California; scrapped 1966) was named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about Samuel Adams: Donald Barr
Chidsey, The
World of Samuel Adams |
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Adams, Samuel —
of Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H.
U.S. Surveyor of Customs, 1802.
Burial location unknown.
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Adams, Samuel (1805-1850) —
of Arkansas.
Born in Halifax
County, Va., June 5,
1805.
Member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1836; member of Arkansas
state senate, 1840-44; Governor of
Arkansas, 1844; Arkansas
state treasurer, 1845-49.
Died in Saline
County, Ark., February
27, 1850 (age 44 years, 267
days).
Interment at Mt.
Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Ark.
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Adams, Samuel —
Whig. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Vermont.
Burial location unknown.
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Adams, Samuel —
Socialist. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 42nd District, 1916.
Burial location unknown.
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Adams, Samuel Barnard
(1853-1938) —
also known as Samuel B. Adams —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., September
8, 1853.
Democrat. Lawyer;
director, Citizens and Southern National Bank;
director, Bibb Manufacturing
Company; director, Southwestern Railroad;
justice
of Georgia state supreme court, 1902.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., March
20, 1938 (age 84 years, 193
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William B. Adams and Laleah (Pratt) Adams; married, December
19, 1877, to Annie Wynn. |
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Adams, Samuel Boyd
(1882-1938) —
of Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala.
Born in Mississippi, May 7,
1882.
Republican. Lumber
business; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Alabama, 1928
(alternate), 1932,
1936.
Member, Freemasons.
Died December
14, 1938 (age 56 years, 221
days).
Interment at Pine
Crest Cemetery, Mobile, Ala.
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Adams, Samuel Clifford, Jr.
(1920-2001) —
also known as Samuel C. Adams, Jr. —
of Washington,
D.C.; Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Waco, McLennan
County, Tex., August
15, 1920.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S. Ambassador to Niger, 1968-69.
African
ancestry. Member, Alpha
Phi Alpha.
Died in Center, Shelby
County, Tex., August
2, 2001 (age 80 years, 352
days).
Interment at Oaklawn Memorial Park, Center, Tex.
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Adams, Samuel Emery —
also known as Samuel E. Adams —
of Minnesota.
Member of Minnesota
state senate 19th District, 1857-60.
Burial location unknown.
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Adams, Samuel W. (b.
1873) —
of Covington, Kenton
County, Ky.
Born in 1873.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives 80th District, 1902-04, 1922-24;
Speaker
of the Kentucky State House of Representatives, 1924; member of
Kentucky
state senate 24th District, 1926-30.
Burial location unknown.
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Adams, Sandra (b. 1956) —
also known as Sandy Adams —
of New Smyrna Beach, Volusia
County, Fla.
Born in Wyandotte, Wayne
County, Mich., December
14, 1956.
Republican. Member of Florida
state house of representatives 33rd District, 2002-10; U.S.
Representative from Florida 24th District, 2011-13; defeated in
primary, 2012.
Female.
Still living as of 2013.
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Sandy See Sandra Adams |
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Adams, Scott —
Democrat. Candidate for Presidential Elector for New York.
Still living as of 2012.
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Adams, Sebastian C.
(1825-1898) —
of Yamhill
County, Ore.; Salem, Marion
County, Ore.
Born July 28,
1825.
Yamhill
County Clerk, 1862; member of Oregon
territorial senate, 1860.
Died in Salem, Marion
County, Ore., January
5, 1898 (age 72 years, 161
days).
Interment at Pioneer
Cemetery, Salem, Ore.
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Adams, Sessions L.
(c.1855-1956) —
of Central Village, Plainfield, Windham
County, Conn.
Born in Canterbury, Windham
County, Conn., about 1855.
Republican. Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Plainfield, 1889-90, 1915-16;
member of Connecticut
state senate 29th District, 1917-20.
Died in Plainfield, Windham
County, Conn., October
24, 1956 (age about 101
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Adams, Sharon —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1996,
2000.
Female.
Still living as of 2000.
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Adams, Shelton —
of Orlando, Orange
County, Fla.
Candidate for mayor
of Orlando, Fla., 1976, 1980.
Still living as of 1980.
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Sherman See Llewelyn
Sherman Adams |
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Adams, Shubael Pratt
(1817-1894) —
also known as Shubael P. Adams —
of Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Dubuque, Dubuque
County, Iowa.
Born in Medfield, Norfolk
County, Mass., February
5, 1817.
Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1845, 1857; delegate
to Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1853; candidate
for U.S.
Representative from Iowa, 1862.
Died in Dubuque, Dubuque
County, Iowa, March
14, 1894 (age 77 years, 37
days).
Interment at Linwood
Cemetery, Dubuque, Iowa.
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Adams, Sidney —
of Marquette, Marquette
County, Mich.
Mayor
of Marquette, Mich., 1892.
Burial location unknown.
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Adams, Sidney —
of Littcarr, Knott
County, Ky.
Democrat. Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives 92nd District, 1974-77.
Still living as of 1977.
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Adams, Silas (1839-1896) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Pulaski
County, Ky., February
9, 1839.
Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of
Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1889-92; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 11th District, 1893-95; defeated
(Independent Republican), 1894.
Died in Liberty, Casey
County, Ky., May 5,
1896 (age 57 years, 86
days).
Interment at Brown
Cemetery, Humphrey, Ky.
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Spencer See C.
Spencer Adams |
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Adams, Spencer Bell
(1860-1943) —
also known as Spencer B. Adams —
of Yanceyville, Caswell
County, N.C.; Greensboro, Guilford
County, N.C.
Born in Dobson, Surry
County, N.C., October
15, 1860.
Republican. Lawyer;
probate judge in North Carolina, 1882-96; superior court judge in
North Carolina, 1896-98; candidate for U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 5th District, 1898; delegate
to Republican National Convention from North Carolina, 1900,
1908;
candidate for Governor of
North Carolina, 1900; U.S.
District Judge for Indian Territory, 1902-04.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons.
Died January
12, 1943 (age 82 years, 89
days).
Interment at Green
Hill Cemetery, Greensboro, N.C.
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Relatives: Son
of John A. Adams and Sarah Adams; married, December
19, 1884, to Lizzie L. Swift. |
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Adams, Stan —
of Overland Park, Johnson
County, Kan.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kansas, 2008.
Still living as of 2008.
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Adams, Stanley G.
(1907-1954) —
of Isle
of Wight County, Va.; Colonial Beach, Westmoreland
County, Va.
Born in Eclipse, Nansemond County (now part of Suffolk),
Va., December
16, 1907.
Republican. Ferry boat
captain; farmer; real estate
business; hotel
owner; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; chair of
Westmoreland County Republican Party, 1944-50; candidate for Virginia
state senate, 1947; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1948; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Virginia, 1952.
Methodist.
Member, Rotary;
Elks; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died, from an intestinal
blood clot, in Physicians Memorial Hospital,
La Plata, Charles
County, Md., November
7, 1954 (age 46 years, 326
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Oak Grove, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of John Quincy Adams and Cecil May (Barkelow) Adams; married to Marie
Miller. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Adams, Stella J. —
of North Carolina.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
North Carolina, 2000.
Female.
Still living as of 2000.
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Adams, Stephen
(1807-1857) —
of Aberdeen, Monroe
County, Miss.
Born in Pendleton District (now Anderson
County), S.C., October
17, 1807.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Tennessee
state senate, 1833-34; circuit judge in Mississippi, 1837-45,
1848; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi at-large, 1845-47; member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1850; delegate
to Mississippi state constitutional convention, 1851; U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1852-57.
Slaveowner.
Died in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., May 11,
1857 (age 49 years, 206
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Memphis, Tenn.
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Adams, Steve —
of Hartland, Windsor
County, Vt.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Vermont,
2008.
Still living as of 2008.
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Adams, Susan Sharp —
of Kenyon, Charlestown, Washington
County, R.I.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Rhode
Island, 1924,
1928
(alternate).
Female.
Burial location unknown.
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Adams, Sylvia —
of Golden Valley, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota,
2008.
Female.
Still living as of 2008.
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Adams, T. Albeus —
of Montclair, Essex
County, N.J.
Democrat. Chair of
Essex County Democratic Party, 1919-21, 1925.
Burial location unknown.
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Adams, T. C. —
of Greenville, Greenville
County, S.C.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
South Carolina, 1932.
Burial location unknown.
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Adams, T. J. —
of Broad Brook, East Windsor, Hartford
County, Conn.
Postmaster at Broad
Brook, Conn., 1887.
Burial location unknown.
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Adams, T. W. —
of Escondido, San Diego
County, Calif.
Postmaster at Escondido,
Calif., 1887.
Burial location unknown.
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Adams, Ted —
Constitution candidate for U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 4th District, 2000;
Constitution candidate for U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 2002.
Still living as of 2002.
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Adams, Ted —
of New Albany, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Ohio, 2008.
Still living as of 2008.
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Adams, Terrence Ray —
of Hazel Park, Oakland
County, Mich.
Libertarian. Candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives 34th District, 1998.
Still living as of 1998.
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Adams, Thelma H. —
of Ohio.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 2000.
Female.
Still living as of 2000.
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Adams, Thomas (1730-1788) —
of New
Kent County, Va.; Augusta
County, Va.
Born in New Kent
County, Va., 1730.
Member of Virginia
House of Burgesses, 1774; signer,
Articles of Confederation, 1777; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1778-80; member of Virginia
state senate, 1783-86.
Died in Augusta
County, Va., August, 1788
(age about
58 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Adams, Thomas —
of Durham, Durham
County, N.C.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from North
Carolina, 2004.
Still living as of 2004.
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Adams, Thomas Boylston
(1910-1997) —
also known as Thomas B. Adams —
of Lincoln, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., July 25,
1910.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; hotel
executive; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1966; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1968; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1972.
Member, American
Academy of Arts and Sciences; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Lincoln, Middlesex
County, Mass., June 4,
1997 (age 86 years, 314
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Adams, Thomas Brooks
(1919-2005) —
also known as Thomas B. Adams —
of Bloomfield Hills, Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., September
16, 1919.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of Wayne State
University board of governors, 1962-68.
Presbyterian.
Died January
24, 2005 (age 85 years, 130
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Adams, Thomas Burton, Jr.
(1917-2006) —
also known as Tom Adams —
of Florida.
Born in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., March
11, 1917.
Democrat. Real
estate and insurance
business; member of Florida
state senate, 1956-60; secretary
of state of Florida, 1961-71; Lieutenant
Governor of Florida, 1971-75; candidate for Governor of
Florida, 1974.
Baptist.
Member, Rotary;
Newcomen
Society; Phi
Delta Theta; Alpha
Kappa Psi.
Killed in an automobile
accident on I-10, in Suwannee
County, Fla., May 22,
2006 (age 89 years, 72
days).
Interment at Fountainhead Memorial Park, Palm Bay, Fla.
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Adams, Thomas Charles III —
of Durham, Durham
County, N.C.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from North
Carolina, 1996.
Still living as of 1996.
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Adams, Thomas D. —
of Westport, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Progressive. Candidate for Connecticut
state house of representatives from Westport, 1912.
Burial location unknown.
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Adams, Thomas Earl, Jr. (b.
1905) —
also known as Thomas E. Adams, Jr. —
of Beatrice, Gage
County, Neb.
Born in Beatrice, Gage
County, Neb., July 20,
1905.
Democrat. President, Beatrice Steel Tank Manufacturing
Co.; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Nebraska, 1944.
Methodist.
Member, Beta
Theta Pi.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Edward Adams and Okolono (Miller) Adams; married, April
24, 1935, to Katherine Lowrie. |
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Adams, Thomas G. (born
c.1938) —
of Green Oaks, Lake
County, Ill.
Born about 1938.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,
2004.
Still living as of 2004.
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Adams, Thomas H. —
of Mt. Union, Huntingdon
County, Pa.
Republican. Postmaster at Mt.
Union, Pa., 1868-69.
Burial location unknown.
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Adams, Thomas H. —
of Vincennes, Knox
County, Ind.
Republican. Postmaster at Vincennes,
Ind., 1899-1903; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Indiana, 1900.
Burial location unknown.
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Adams, Thomas H. —
of Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass.
Republican. Candidate for Massachusetts
state auditor, 1958.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Adams, Thomas H., Jr. —
of Bel Air, Harford
County, Md.
Democrat. Postmaster at Bel
Air, Md., 1965-73 (acting, 1965-67).
Still living as of 1973.
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Adams, Thomas J. —
Conservative. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 6th District, 1968.
Still living as of 1968.
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Adams, Thurman G. —
of Bridgeville, Sussex
County, Del.
Democrat. Candidate for Delaware
state house of representatives from Sussex County 2nd District,
1944.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Adams, Thurman G., Jr. —
of Sussex
County, Del.
Democrat. Member of Delaware
state senate 19th District, 1973-92.
Still living as of 1992.
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Adams, Tim —
of Orlando, Orange
County, Fla.
Candidate for mayor
of Orlando, Fla., 1984, 1988.
Still living as of 1988.
|
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See Thomas Burton Adams Jr. |
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Adams, Tom —
of Libertyville, Lake
County, Ill.
Republican. Chair of
Lake County Republican Party, 2002.
Still living as of 2002.
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Adams, Tommy —
of Bowling Green, Warren
County, Ky.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky,
2008.
Still living as of 2008.
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Adams, Truman —
of Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly from Onondaga County, 1815-16.
Burial location unknown.
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Adams, Truman H. —
of Nebraska.
Member of Nebraska
territorial House of Representatives, 1859.
Burial location unknown.
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