Person:William Adamson (22)

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Rep. William Charles Adamson, of GA
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Name Rep. William Charles Adamson, of GA
Gender Male
Birth[1] 13 Aug 1854 Bowdon, Carroll, Georgia, United States
Death[1] 3 Jan 1929 New York City, New York, United States
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 Biographies, in Govinfo.gov.

    ADAMSON, William Charles, a Representative from
    Georgia; born in Bowdon, Carroll County, Ga., August 13,
    1854; attended the common schools; was graduated from
    Bowdon College in 1874; studied law; was admitted to the
    bar in 1876 and commenced practice in Carrollton, Carroll
    County, Ga.; judge of the city court of Carrollton 1885-1889;
    attorney for the city of Carrollton for a number of years;
    delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1892;
    elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-fifth and to the ten succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1897, until
    December 18, 1917, when he resigned; chairman, Committee
    on Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Sixty-second through
    Sixty-fifth Congresses); appointed on December 17, 1917,
    a member of the Board of United States General Appraisers
    (now the United States Customs Court) and served until
    January 20, 1928, when he resigned; resumed the practice
    of law in Carrollton, Ga.; died while on a visit in New
    York City, January 3, 1929; interment in City Cemetery,
    Carrollton, Ga.