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George E. Adams
From 1924's The Chicago Symphony Orchestra: Its Organization, Growth, and Development, 1891-1924
In office March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1891Preceded by John C. Sherwin Succeeded by Walter C. Newberry
Born
George Everett Adams
(1840-06-18 ) June 18, 1840Keene, New Hampshire Died October 5, 1917(1917-10-05) (aged 77 )Chicago , Illinois Resting place Pine Hill Cemetery Political party Republican Alma mater Phillips Exeter Academy Harvard University (A.B. , LL.B. ) Occupation Lawyer, politician Signature Allegiance United States of America Branch/service United States Army Unit First Illinois Artillery Battles/wars American Civil War
George Everett Adams (June 18, 1840 – October 5, 1917) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois .
Early years [ edit ]
Adams was born in Keene, New Hampshire , on June 18, 1840, son of Benjamin F. Adams and Louisa Redington, grandson of Benjamin Adams , and a descendant of William Adams of Ipswich, Massachusetts .[1]
Adams moved with his parents to Chicago, Illinois , in 1853.[1] He attended Phillips Exeter Academy , Exeter, New Hampshire , and Harvard University .[2] He was graduated from Harvard an A.B. in 1860 and an LL.B. , 1865.[1] During the Civil War , he served in the First Illinois Artillery. After his war service, he attended Harvard Law School , was admitted to the bar in 1865 in Chicago and commenced practice of his profession in 1867.[1] [3]
He served as a member of the Illinois State Senate from 1881 until March 3, 1883, when he resigned to enter Congress .[1]
Adams was elected as a Republican to the Forty-eighth Congress and to the three succeeding Congresses from March 4, 1883, to March 3, 1891 (49th , 50th and 51st congresses).[1] He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1890 to the Fifty-second Congress .[2]
He was one of the founders of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, being instrumental with a few others in securing the land in downtown Chicago where the orchestra is today. />
Last years [ edit ]
On retiring from public life Adams continued the practice of law in Chicago until his death.[1] He died at his summer home in Peterborough, New Hampshire , on October 5, 1917, and he was interred in Pine Hill Cemetery at Dover, New Hampshire .[2]
References [ edit ]
^ a b c US Congress, id: A000034
^ Leonard & Marquis 1908 , p. 10
Sources [ edit ]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Johnson, Rossiter , ed. (1906). "Adams, George Everett ". The Biographical Dictionary of America . Vol. 1. Boston: American Biographical Society. p. 39.
Leonard, John William; Marquis, Albert Nelson, eds. (1908), Who's who in America , vol. 5, Chicago: Marquis Who's Who, Incorporated, p. 10.
United States Congress. "George E. Adams (id: A000034)" . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
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