Charles H. Adams (New York politician)

Charles Henry Adams ( born April 10, 1824 in Coxsackie, New York, † December 15, 1902 in New York City ) was an American lawyer and politician. Between 1875 and 1877 he represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Charles Henry Adams attended public schools. He studied law. His admission to the bar he received in 1845 and then began to practice in New York City. In 1850 he moved to Cohoes in Albany County. It was in 1851 appointed staff in Governor Washington Hunt to the Colonel. In 1858 he sat in the New York State Assembly. He went to the manufacture of knitted underwear, but also pursued banking transactions. In 1870 he retired from active business. Between 1870 and 1872 he was the first mayor of Cohoes. Politically, he was a member of the Republican Party. Adams took in 1872 as a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia in part. He sat in the years 1872 and 1873 in the Senate from New York. In 1873 he took part in the World's Fair of 1873 in Vienna as U.S. Commissioner of New York.

In the congressional elections of 1874 for the 44th Congress Adams was in the 16th electoral district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of James S. Smart on March 4, 1875. In 1876 he suffered in his re-election bid a defeat and retired after March 3, 1877 the Congress of.

After his time he went to Congress in 1892 in Cohoes after banking transactions. He retired from active business and moved to New York City. On December 15, 1902, he died there and was buried at Woodlawn Cemetery.