Politicians
- Bob Adams (politician), American businessman who was a candidate for the 2008 West Virginia State Senate in the 16th Senatorial district
- Robert Adams, Jr. (1849–1906), member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania, 1893–1906
- Robert Patten Adams (1831-1911), was a puisne judge and politician in Tasmania, Australia
- Robert H. Adams (1792–1830), United States senator from Mississippi, 1830
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