Benjamin Adams (politician)

Benjamin Adams ( born December 16, 1764 in Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts, † March 28, 1837 in Uxbridge, Massachusetts ) was an American politician. Between 1816 and 1821 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Benjamin Adams attended the common schools and then studied until 1788 at Brown University in Providence (Rhode Iceland ). After a subsequent study of law and qualifying as a lawyer, he started in Uxbridge to work in this profession. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Federalist Party, a political career. Between 1809 and 1814 he was a delegate in the House of Representatives from Massachusetts. In the years 1814 and 1815 he was a member of the State Senate.

After the death of Mr Elijah Brigham Adams was at the due election for the eleventh seat of Massachusetts as his successor in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he took up his new mandate on December 2, 1816. After two re- elections he could remain until March 3, 1821 in Congress. In the years 1820 and 1822 he applied unsuccessfully to his whereabouts or in his return to the Congress. After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Adams practiced as a lawyer again. Between 1822 and 1825 he was again in the Massachusetts Senate. He died on 28 March 1837 in Uxbridge.