Green Adams

Green Adams (* 20th August 1812 in Barbourville , Kentucky ; †  18th January 1884 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania ) was an American politician of the Whig Party , which twice the state of Kentucky in the US House of Representatives represented.

Life

Green Adams was the uncle of Congressman George Madison Adams (1837-1920). After attending school and preparatory studies, he completed a law degree and worked as a lawyer after being admitted to the bar . In addition, he began a political career and was first a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives in 1839 and in 1844 as a representative of the Whig Party elector in the US presidential election . In 1847 he was elected to the US House of Representatives for the first time as a Whigs candidate and represented in this from March 4, 1847 to March 4, 1849 the sixth congressional electoral district of Kentucky.

After he had not run for re-election in 1848, he worked as a lawyer again before he was a judge at the Kentucky District Court from 1851 to 1856. After another subsequent activity as a lawyer, he was a candidate for the Opposition Party from March 4, 1859 to March 3, 1861 again a member of the US House of Representatives and again represented the sixth constituency of Kentucky.

Adams declined to run again and instead became the sixth auditor of the US Treasury Department on April 17, 1861, and held this position until October 26, 1864. He then settled as a lawyer in Philadelphia, where he died 20 years later.

Web links

• Green Adams in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)