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Frank Adams (Florida politician)

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Frank Adams (1861–1940) was a politician in Florida. He served as a state senator, representing Hamilton County, Florida[1]

His father Robert Watkins Adams also served in the Florida Senate[2] and his son Robert Stanley Adams (died 1943) also became a state senator in Florida.[3]

In 1899 he served as president of the Florida Senate.[4] He served as the president of the Florida state senate for two terms, the first to do so since the enactment of the state constitution.[5]

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References

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  1. ^ "Letter to the voters of Hamilton County from State Senator Frank Adams, addressing charges made against his character, 1906". Florida Memory. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  2. ^ "Senators Robert Stanley Adams, Frank Adams, Robert Watkins Adams". The Miami Herald. 16 May 1943. p. 47. Retrieved 7 November 2020. Open access icon
  3. ^ "Obituary for R. Stanley Adams (Aged 47)". The Miami News. April 1, 1943. p. 20 – via newspapers.com. Open access icon
  4. ^ Florida. Legislature. Senate (1899). Journal of the State Senate of Florida of the Session of ... The State. p. 712.
  5. ^ "State Senator Stanley Adams Dies Suddenly". Tallahassee Democrat. 1 April 1943. p. 1. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
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