ADAMS, BENJAMIN.

Born at Worcester, Massachusetts; was a Representative in Congress, from 1816 to 1826, and was a member of the Committees on Revolutionary Pensions and Public Expenditures. He died at Uxbridge, Massachusetts, in April, 1837.

ADAMS, GEORGE.

He was a Senator in Congress, from Adams County, Mississippi, from 1829 to 1830.

ADAMS, GREEN.

Born in Barborville, Knox County, Kentucky, August 20, 1812; was bred a farmer, but read law and adopted that profession; in 1839, he was elected to the State Legislature, and re-elected; he was a Representative in Congress, from Kentucky, from 1847 to 1849, and was a member of the Committee on Engraving. He was also a Presidential Elector in 1844, and since he left Congress, has been a Judge of the Circuit Court.

ADAMS, JOHN.

Born at Braintree, Massachusetts, October 30, 1735; graduated at Harvard University in 1755; instructed a class of scholars in Latin and Greek for a subsistence; studied law, and having been admitted to the bar, settled at Quincy to practice his profession. As a member of the Old Congress, he was among the foremost in recommending an independent government. In 1777, he was chosen Commissioner to the Court of Versailles. On his return he was chosen a member of the Convention called to prepare a form of government for Massachusetts. In September, 1779, he was appointed Minister Plenipotentiary to negotiate a peace, and had authority to form a commercial treaty with Great Britain. In June, 1780,

he was appointed Ambassador to Holland; and, in 1782, he went to Paris to engage in the negotiation for peace, having previously obtained assurance that Great Britain would recognize the independence of the United States. After serving on two or three commissions to form treaties of amity and commerce with foreign powers, in 1785 he was appointed first Minister to London; and, in 1788, having been absent nine years, he returned to America. In March, 1789, the new Constitution of the United States went into operation, and he became the first Vice-President, which office he held during the whole of Washington's administration. On the resignation of Washington, he became, March 4, 1797, President of the United States. This was the termination of his public functions; and he spent the remainder of his days upon his farm in Quincy, occupying himself with agriculture, and obtaining amusement from the literature and politics of the day. He died on the fourth of July, 1826, with the same words on his lips which, fifty years before, on that day, he had uttered on the floor of Congress:-"Independence forever!" His principal publications are"Letters on the American Revolution," "Defence of the American Constitution," an "Essay on Canon and Federal Laws," a series of letters under the signature of Novanglus, and Discourses on Davila. It was as Vice-President that he had a seat in the Senate.

ADAMS, JOHN.

He was a Representative in Congress, from Green County, New York, from 1833 to 1835, and was a member of the Committee on Invalid Pensions. He died at Catskill, New York, September 28, 1854.

ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY. Born in Braintree, now Quincy, Mass., July 11, 1767. When ten years of age, he accompanied his father to France; and when fifteen, was private secretary to the American Minister in Russia. He was graduated at Harvard University in 1787; studied law in Newburyport,

and settled in Boston. From 1794 to 1801 he was American Minister to Holland, England, Sweden, and Prussia. He was a Senator in Congress from 1803 to 1808; Professor of Rhetoric in Harvard University, with limited duties, from 1806 to 1808; was appointed, in 1809, Minister to Russia; assisted in negotiating the Treaty of Ghent, in 1814; and assisted, also, as Minister, at the Convention of Commerce with Great Britain, in 1815. He was Secretary of State under President Monroe; and was chosen President of the United States in 1825serving one term. In 1831 he was elected a Representative in Congress, and continued in that position until his death, which occurred in the Speaker's room, two days after falling from his seat in the House of Representatives, February 23, 1848. His last words were: "This is the end of earth; I am

content." He published "Letters on Silesia," "Lectures on Rhetoric and Oratory," and various "Poems," besides many occasional letters and speeches. His unpublished writings, it is said, would make many volumes.

ADAMS, PARMENIO.

A Representative in Congress, from Batavia, Genesee County, New York, from 1823 to 1827.

ADAMS, ROBERT H.

He was a Senator in Congress, from Mississippi, from February to May, in 1830, and died on the second day of July following.

ADAMS, STEPHEN.

He was a native of Franklin County, Pennsylvania, and had been a member of the Senate of that State. Removing to Mississippi, he took an active part in public affairs; was a member of the State Legislature, and a Representative in Congress, from 1845 to 1847; he was elected Judge of the Circuit Court, and from 1852 to 1857, was a Senator in Congress, from Mississippi. He removed to Tennessee with the intention of practicing law at Memphis, where he died, May 11, 1857.

ADDAMS, WILLIAM.

He was a Representative in Congress from Pennsylvania, from 1825 to 1829, and served on a Committee for the Deaf and Dumb Institutions of New York and Ohio.