List of United States Political Families (A) - The Adamses of South Carolina

The Adamses of South Carolina

  • Joel Adams (1750–1830), South Carolina State Representative 1814–1815. Father of Joel Adams II and William Weston Adams.
    • Joel Adams II (1784–1859), South Carolina State Representative 1832–1833. Son of Joel Adams.
    • William Weston Adams (1786–1831), South Carolina State Representative 1816–1817. Son of Joel Adams.
      • James Uriah Adams (1812–1871), South Carolina State Representative 1864. Grandson of Joel Adams.
      • James Hopkins Adams (1812–1861), South Carolina State Representative 1834–1837 1840–1841 1848–1849, South Carolina State Senator 1851–1854, Governor of South Carolina 1854–1856. Grandson of Joel Adams.
      • James Pickett Adams (1828–1894), South Carolina State Representative 1858–1861 1888–1889. Grandson of Joel Adams.
        • Henry Walker Adams (1852–1903), South Carolina State Representative 1894–1896. Son of James Uriah Adams.
          • Edward C.L. Adams (1876–1946), candidate for Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina 1916 1922. Great-great-great-grandson of Joel Adams.
            • Weston Adams II (1938–), South Carolina State Representative 1972–1974, delegate to the Republican National Convention 1976 1988 1992, U.S. Ambassador to Malawi 1984–1986. Descendant of Joel Adams.
            • Robert Adams (1963–), candidate for South Carolina State Representative 1996. Son of Weston Adams II.

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