Person:George Adams (127)

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Rep. George Everett Adams, Esq., of IL
b.18 Jun 1840 Keene, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States
d.5 Oct 1917 Peterborough, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States
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Name Rep. George Everett Adams, Esq., of IL
Gender Male
Birth[1] 18 Jun 1840 Keene, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States
Military[1] Abt 1865 Illinois, United StatesCivil war - enlisted in the First Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Artillery
Death[1] 5 Oct 1917 Peterborough, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States
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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Biographies, in Govinfo.gov.

    ADAMS, George Everett, a Representative from Illinois;
    born in Keene, Cheshire County, N.H., June 18, 1840; moved
    with his parents to Chicago, Ill., in 1853; attended Phillips
    Exeter Academy, Exeter, N.H.; was graduated from Harvard
    University in 1860; during the Civil War enlisted in the
    First Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Artillery; attended the
    Harvard Law School; was admitted to the bar in 1865 and
    commenced practice in Chicago, Ill.; member of the State
    senate from 1880 until March 3, 1883, when he resigned
    to enter Congress; elected as a Republican to the Fortyeighth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4,
    1883-March 3, 1891); was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1890 to the Fifty-second Congress; resumed the
    practice of his profession in Chicago, Ill., until his death
    at his summer home in Peterborough, Hillsborough County,
    N.H., October 5, 1917; interment in Pine Hill Cemetery.

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