Note: This is just one of1,325 family groupings listed onThe Political Graveyard web site.These families each have three or more politician members, all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption. These groupings — even thenames of the groupings,and the areas of main activity — are the result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have,not the choices of any historian or genealogist. | | Joel Adams (1750-1830) — of South Carolina. Born in Virginia,February4, 1750.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;planter;member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1814-15.Baptist.Died in Congaree, Richland District (nowRichlandCounty), S.C.,July 9,1830 (age80 years, 155days).Interment atSt.John's Episcopal Churchyard, Congaree, S.C. | | Joel Adams II (1784-1859) — Born in Congaree, Richland District (nowRichlandCounty), S.C.,March 6,1784.Planter;member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1832-33.Died in Congaree, Richland District (nowRichlandCounty), S.C.,May 1,1859 (age75 years, 56days).Intermentsomewherein Richland County, S.C. | | William Weston Adams (1786-1831) — Born in Congaree, Richland District (nowRichlandCounty), S.C.,October15, 1786.Physician;member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1816-17.Died in Congaree, Richland District (nowRichlandCounty), S.C.,1831(ageabout44 years).Intermentsomewherein Richland County, S.C. | | James Hopkins Adams (1812-1861) — also known asJames H. Adams — of Gadsden, Richland District (nowRichlandCounty), S.C.Born in Congaree, Richland District (nowRichlandCounty), S.C.,March15, 1812.Planter;member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1834-37, 1840-41,1848-49; member ofSouthCarolina state senate, 1851-54; Presidential Elector for SouthCarolina,1852;Governorof South Carolina, 1854-56;delegateto South Carolina secession convention from Richland, 1860-61;died in office 1861.Episcopalian.Died in Columbia, Richland District (nowRichlandCounty), S.C.,July 13,1861 (age49 years, 120days).Interment atSt.John's Episcopal Churchyard, Congaree, S.C. | | James Uriah Adams (1812-1871) — Born in Richland District (nowRichlandCounty), S.C.,February12, 1812.Planter;member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1864.Died inRichlandCounty, S.C.,March 7,1871 (age59 years, 23days).Interment atSt.John's Episcopal Churchyard, Congaree, S.C. | | James Pickett Adams (1828-1904) — Born in Richland District (nowRichlandCounty), S.C.,September2, 1828.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1858-61, 1888-89; majorin the Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from South Carolina,1872.Died inRichlandCounty, S.C.,November1, 1904 (age76 years, 60days).Interment atSt.John's Episcopal Churchyard, Congaree, S.C. | | Henry Walker Adams (1852-1903) — ofRichlandCounty, S.C.Born in Richland District (nowRichlandCounty), S.C.,December5, 1852.Member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives from Richland County,1894-96.Died inRichlandCounty, S.C.,March 3,1903 (age50 years, 88days).Intermentsomewherein Richland County, S.C. | | Edward Clarkson Leverette Adams (1876-1946) — also known asNed Adams — Born inRichlandCounty, S.C.,January5, 1876.Physician;farmer;author;candidate forLieutenantGovernor of South Carolina, 1916, 1922; served in the U.S. Armyduring World War I.Died inRichlandCounty, S.C.,November1, 1946 (age70 years, 300days).Intermentsomewherein Richland County, S.C. | | Weston Adams II (b. 1938) — of Columbia,RichlandCounty, S.C.Born in Columbia,RichlandCounty, S.C.,September15, 1938.Republican.Lawyer;member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1972-74; delegate toRepublican National Convention from South Carolina,1976,1980(alternate),1988,1992,1996(alternate); Republican Presidential Elector for South Carolina,1980;U.S. Ambassador toMalawi, 1984-86; producer of themovieStrike the Tent (2005).Episcopalian.Still living as of 2005. | | Robert Adams (VI) (b. 1963) — of Columbia,RichlandCounty, S.C.Born, in ahospitalat Columbia,RichlandCounty, S.C.,July 3,1963.Lobbyist;campaign manager for U.S. Sen.StromThurmond, 1990, and Gov.DavidBeasley, 1994; candidate forSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1996.Episcopalian.Still living as of 2004.
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