George E. Adams

George E. Adams

George Everett Adams (June 18, 1840 - October 5, 1917) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.

Born in Keene, New Hampshire, Adams moved with his parents to Chicago, Illinois, in 1853.He attended Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, New Hampshire.He was graduated from Harvard University in 1860. During the Civil War enlisted in the First Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Artillery.He attended the Harvard Law School.He was admitted to the bar in 1865 and commenced practice in Chicago, Illinois.He served as member of the State senate from 1880 until March 3, 1883, when he resigned to enter Congress.

Adams was elected as a Republican to the Forty-eighth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1883-March 3, 1891).He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1890 to the Fifty-second Congress.He resumed the practice of his profession in Chicago, Illinois, until his death at his summer home in Peterborough, New Hampshire, October 5, 1917.He was interred in Pine Hill Cemetery.

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* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6404655 George E. Adams] at Find-A-Grave


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