Adams Political Family - Harvard University and The Adams Family

Harvard University and The Adams Family

  • Samuel Adams Class of 1740
  • John Adams Class of 1755
  • John Quincy Adams Class of 1788
  • Charles Adams (1770–1800) Class of 1789
  • Thomas Boylston Adams Class of 1790
  • George Washington Adams Class of 1821
  • John Adams II, expelled with most of senior class prior to 1823 graduation, later among those designated "Bachelor of Arts as of 1823" and added to Harvard's Roll of Graduates
  • John Quincy Adams II
  • Charles Francis Adams, Sr. Class of 1825
  • Charles Francis Adams, Jr. Class of 1856
  • Henry Brooks Adams Class of 1858
  • Brooks Adams Class of 1870
  • Charles Francis Adams III Class of 1888
  • Roger Adams Class of 1909
  • Charles Francis Adams IV Class of 1932
  • Samuel A. Adams Class of 1955

Adams House, one of twelve residential colleges at Harvard, is named after John Adams and later members of the Adams family.

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