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Green Adams

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Green Adams
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Kentucky's 6th district
In office
March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861
Preceded byJohn Milton Elliott
Succeeded byGeorge W. Dunlap
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Kentucky's 6th district
In office
March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849
Preceded byJohn Preston Martin
Succeeded byDaniel Breck
Personal details
Born(1812-08-20)August 20, 1812
Barbourville, Kentucky, U.S.
DiedJanuary 18, 1884(1884-01-18) (aged 71)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Resting placeWest Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Political partyOpposition Party
Other political
affiliations		Whig
RelationsUncle of George Madison Adams
Randolph Greenfield Adams (grandson)
Richard Newbold Adams (great-grandson)
Thomas R. Adams (great-grandson)
Jody Adams (chef) (great-great-granddaughter)
ProfessionPolitician, lawyer

Green Adams (August 20, 1812 – January 18, 1884) was an American lawyer, slave owner, and member and functionary of the United States Congress. He was born in Barbourville, Kentucky in 1812.

Biography

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He studied law and was admitted to the bar. In 1839, he was elected to the Kentucky House of Representatives. In 1844, he served as a presidential elector for the Whig Party. He was elected as a member of the Whig Party to the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky in 1847, remaining in that capacity through 1849. He was made a judge of the Circuit Court of Kentucky in 1851, remaining there though 1856. In 1859, he was reelected to the United States Congress for one term on the Opposition Party ticket. At the end of that term, in 1861, he was appointed the sixth auditor of the United States Treasury Department, remaining there through 1864.

He was a slave owner.[1][2]

In Philadelphia

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He later set up a legal practice in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He died in Philadelphia in 1884. He is buried in West Laurel Hill Cemetery in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Congress slaveowners", The Washington Post, 2022-01-13, retrieved 2022-01-14
  2. ^ Adams, Green (1848). Speech of Green Adams, of Kentucky, on the Oregon Bill: Delivered in the House of Representatives, July 27, 1848. J.T. Towers.
  3. ^ Green Adams, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 29, 2007.
Sources
  • Who Was Who in America: Historical Volume, 1607-1896. Chicago: Marquis Who's Who, 1963.
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U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Kentucky's 6th congressional district
1847 – 1849 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Kentucky's 6th congressional district
1859 – 1861 		Succeeded by


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