Adams political family
The Adams family was a prominent political family in the United States during the late eighteenth century through early twentieth century.
The most well-known members included:
- Samuel Adams (1722-1803), American Revolutionary
- John Adams (1735-1826), Samuel's second cousin, second President of the United States
- Abigail Adams (1744-1818), John's wife, the First Lady, the mother of John Quincy Adams, and an influential society woman
- John Quincy Adams (1767-1848), John and Abigail's son, sixth President of the United States
- Louisa Adams (1775-1852), John Quincy Adams's English-born wife and First Lady.
- Charles Francis Adams, Sr. (1807-1886), their son, United States Congressman and Ambassador to
the United Kingdom
- John Quincy Adams (1833-1894), son of Charles Francis Adams, Sr., lawyer and politician
- Charles Francis Adams, Jr. (1835-1915), son of Charles Francis Adams,
Sr., brigadier-general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He was president of the Union Pacific Railroad from 1884
to 1890.
- Charles Francis Adams III (1866-1954), son of Charles Francis Adams, Jr., 44th Secretary of the Navy, mayor of Quincy, Massachusetts.
- Henry Brooks Adams (1838-1918), third son of Charles Francis Adams, Sr., a prominent author and political commentator
- Brooks Adams (1848-1927), son of Charles Francis Adams, Sr., a historian and political scientist.
- Charles Francis Adams, Sr. (1807-1886), their son, United States Congressman and Ambassador to
the United Kingdom
In addition, Thomas Boylston Adams (1910-1997), Great-great-great-grandson of John Adams, was an unsuccessful Democratic politician in Massachusetts and delegate to the 1972 Democratic National Convention.
Also of interest, the Adams political family is connected with U.S. Presidents Millard Fillmore, William Howard Taft, and Calvin Coolidge and U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney, through common descent from one Henry Squire [1] (b. 1563).
Through his mother, John Adams was a second cousin of Massachusetts governor Increase Sumner; their maternal grandmothers were sisters. Both were also related to President Coolidge and to Diana, Princess of Wales.
The Adams family is one of only four families to have produced two Presidents of the United States, the others being the Bush family, the Roosevelt family, and the Harrison family.
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