Adams political family

The Adams family was a prominent political family in the United States during the late eighteenth century through early twentieth century.

Members

* Samuel Adams (1722-1803), American Revolutionary [ [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000045/ Samuel Adams bioguide] at Congress.gov] , Governor of Massachusetts
* John Adams (1735-1826), Samuel's second cousin, second President of the United States, married Abigail Adams (1744-1818) [ [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000039/ John Adams bioguide] at Congress.gov] ]
** John Quincy Adams (1767-1848), sixth President of the United States, married English-born Louisa Adams (1775-1852) [ [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams5.html#R9M0INHMB John Quincy Adams bioguide] at Politicalgraveyard.com] ]
*** George Washington Adams (1801-1829), U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts [ [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams4.html#0A20GUI14 George Washington Adams bioguide] at Politicalgraveyard.com]
*** Charles Francis Adams, Sr. (1807-1886), U.S. Congressman and Ambassador to the United Kingdom [ [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000032/ Charles Francis Adams, Sr. bioguide] at Congress.gov]
****John Quincy Adams II (1833-1894) lawyer and politician [ [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams5.html#ROI0K22HT John Quincy Adams II bioguide] at Politicalgraveyard.com]
****Charles Francis Adams, Jr. (1835-1915), brigadier-general in the Union Army during the American Civil War and president of the Union Pacific Railroad from 1884 to 1890.
***** Charles Francis Adams III (1866-1954), 44th Secretary of the Navy, mayor of Quincy, Massachusetts. [ [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams2.html#RAH0N3GXN Charles Francis Adams III bioguide] at Politicalgraveyard.com]
****** Charles Francis Adams IV (1910-1999), first president of Raytheon
**** Henry Brooks Adams (1838-1918), a prominent author and political commentator, married Marian Hooper Adams (1843-1885)
**** Brooks Adams (1848-1927), a historian and political scientist.
** Thomas Boylston Adams (1772-1832), Massachusetts legislator and judge [ [http://www.masshist.org/adams/biographical.cfm Thomas Boylston Adams biography] at Masshist.org]
* Elihu Adams (1741-1776), soldier, brother of John Adams

In addition, Thomas Boylston Adams (1910-1997), a grandson of Charles Francis Adams, Jr., was an unsuccessful Democratic politician in Massachusetts and delegate to the 1972 Democratic National Convention. [ [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams8.html#RLB0Q4U4P Charles Francis Adams, Jr. bioguide] at Politicalgraveyard.com] American actress Mary Kay Adams is a descendant of John Quincy Adams, as well as Nickolas Hoog, philanthropist and previous member of the United Nations Development Programme.

Harvard University and the Adams family

*Samuel Adams Class of 1740
*John Adams Class of 1755
*John Quincy Adams Class of 1788
*Charles Adams (1770–1800) Class of 1789
*Thomas Boylston Adams Class of 1790
*George Washington Adams Class of 1821
*John Adams II expelled prior to 1823 graduation
*Charles Francis Adams, Sr. Class of 1825
*Henry Brooks Adams Class of 1858
*Brooks Adams Class of 1870
*Charles Francis Adams III Class of 1888
*Roger Adams Class of 1909
*Charles Francis Adams IV Class of 1932

Adams House, one of twelve residential colleges at Harvard, is named after John Adams and later members of the Adams family.

Connections

The Adams political family is connected with U.S. Presidents Millard Fillmore, William Howard Taft, and Calvin Coolidge and U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney, through common descent from one Henry Squire [ [http://www.concentric.net/~pvb/GEN/hsqui.html Henry Squire biography] at Concentric.net (b. 1563)] .

Through his mother, John Adams was a second cousin of Massachusetts governor Increase Sumner; their maternal grandmothers were sisters. Both were also related to President Coolidge and to Diana, Princess of Wales.

The Adams family is one of only four families to have produced two Presidents of the United States, the others being the Bush family, the Roosevelt family, and the Harrison family.

Memories

* Adams Memorial
* Adams National Historical Park

ee also

* List of political families

References