Person:Green Adams (3)

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Rep. Green Adams, Esq., of KY
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  2. Rep. Green Adams, Esq., of KY1812 - 1884
Facts and Events
Name Rep. Green Adams, Esq., of KY
Gender Male
Birth[1] 20 Aug 1812 Barbourville, Knox, Kentucky, United States
Death[1] 18 Jan 1884 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Burial[1] West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Biographies, in Govinfo.gov.

    ADAMS, Green (uncle of George Madison Adams), a Representative from Kentucky; born in Barbourville, Knox
    County, Ky., August 20, 1812; pursued preparatory studies;
    studied law; was admitted to the bar and practiced; member
    of the State house of representatives in 1839; presidential
    elector on the Whig ticket in 1844; elected as a Whig to
    the Thirtieth Congress (March 4, 1847-March 3, 1849); was
    not a candidate for renomination in 1848; judge of the circuit
    court of Kentucky 1851-1856; elected as the candidate of
    the Opposition Party to the Thirty-sixth Congress (March
    4, 1859-March 3, 1861); was not a candidate for renomination in 1860; Sixth Auditor of the Treasury Department
    from April 17, 1861, to October 26, 1864; resumed the practice of law in Philadelphia; died in Philadelphia, Pa., January 18, 1884; interment in West Laurel Hill Cemetery.