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.
