Person:Charles Adams (83)

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Rep. Charles Henry Adams, Esq., of NY
b.10 Apr 1824 Coxsackie, Greene, New York, United States
d.15 Dec 1902 New York City, New York, United States
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Name Rep. Charles Henry Adams, Esq., of NY
Gender Male
Birth[1] 10 Apr 1824 Coxsackie, Greene, New York, United States
Death[1] 15 Dec 1902 New York City, New York, United States
Burial[1] Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, Bronx, New York, United States
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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Biographies, in Govinfo.gov.

    ADAMS, Charles Henry, a Representative from New
    York; born in Coxsackie, Greene County, N.Y., April 10,
    1824; attended the public schools; studied law; was admitted
    to the bar about 1845 and commenced practice in New York
    City; moved to Cohoes, Albany County, N.Y., in 1850; appointed with rank of colonel to Governor Hunt’s staff in
    1851; member of the State assembly in 1858; engaged in
    the manufacture of knit underwear, and in banking; retired
    from active business in 1870; served as first mayor of Cohoes
    1870-1872; delegate to the Republican National Convention
    at Philadelphia in 1872; served in the State senate in 1872
    and 1873; United States commissioner from New York to
    the Vienna Exposition in 1873; elected as a Republican to
    the Forty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1875-March 3, 1877);
    unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1876; resumed
    banking in Cohoes, N.Y., until 1892, when he retired from
    active business pursuits and moved to New York City, where
    he died December 15, 1902; interment in Woodlawn Cemetery.

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