ADDAMS, William, a Representative from Pennsylvania;
born in Lancaster County, Pa., April 11, 1777; moved to
Berks County, near Reading, and served as auditor in 1813
and 1814; commissioner of Berks County 1814-1817; member
of the State house of representatives 1822-1824; elected to
the Nineteenth and Twentieth Congresses (March 4, 1825-
March 3, 1829); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in
1828; member of the committee for the Deaf and Dumb
Institution for the States of New York and Ohio; elected
associate judge of Berks County and served from 1839 to
1842; captain of the Reading City Troop; largely interested
in agricultural pursuits; died in Spring Township, Berks
County, Pa., May 30, 1858; interment in St. John’s Church
Cemetery, Sinking Springs, Pa.