Sherman Adams

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Sherman Adams

Llewelyn Sherman Adams (born January 8, 1899 in East Dover , Windham County , Vermont , † October 27, 1986 in Hanover , New Hampshire ) was an American politician who, through his office as Chief of Staff of the White House under President Dwight D. Eisenhower became known. Adams' career of just 18 years also culminated in his election as governor of the US state of New Hampshire. Adams lost his White House office in a fundraising scandal.

Life

Born in the state of Vermont, attended Adams Private schools in Providence ( Rhode Iceland ). He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1920 after serving briefly in the United States Marine Corps in 1918 . He then began a career in the lumber business, first in Headville , Vermont, then with a lumber and paper company in Lincoln . He also operated banking.

Adams came through his office as a Republican MP, from 1941 to 1944 he was a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives , in American federal politics. In 1944 he also served as " Speaker of the House ". Then he worked for a time in the US House of Representatives (1945-1947), where he was defeated in 1946 in the nomination of the Republican candidate for New Hampshire Charles M. Dale . In 1948 he obtained this post.

When Adams took office, New Hampshire suffered significantly from the post-war depression. He advocated modesty and thrift in both private and government settings. Retirement still makes up a significant portion of the New Hampshire population; Adams campaigned for an expansion of welfare in favor of the elderly, as well as for legislation that would enable the senior citizens of his state to participate in the " Federal Old Age & Survivors Insurance " (senior citizens and survivors insurance of the federal). In 1950 he founded a " Committee for Reorganization ", which should encourage reforms in the bureaucracy of his state; In it, Adams formulated clear demands on the legislature.

His clear and concise manner and his advocacy for frugality soon made the New Hampshire politician a symbol of the Republican “ balanced budget ” faction. He was chairman of the Conference of US Governors from 1951 to 1952 and became White House Chief of Staff under the new Republican President, Dwight D. Eisenhower.

Adams performed his office very conscientiously; so any contact with the President had to be approved through his office. This seemed strange to many traditional Republican lobbyists, and when the opportunity arose to attack Adams in 1958 (for accepting a gift from a Boston business friend who was also a government contractor), those forces forced him to step down. He then returned to Lincoln in New Hampshire, where he founded the " Loon Mountain Corporation ", which is now a very important ski resort.

Since 1785 he was the 40th Freemason out of a total of 67 governors .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ William R. Denslow, Harry S. Truman : 10,000 Famous Freemasons from A to J, Part One . Kessinger Publishing, ISBN 1-4179-7578-4 .
personal data
SURNAME Adams, Sherman
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Adams, Llewelyn Sherman
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH January 8, 1899
PLACE OF BIRTH East Dover , Vermont
DATE OF DEATH October 27, 1986
Place of death Hanover , New Hampshire