Wilbur L. Adams

Wilbur Louis Adams ( born October 23, 1884 in Georgetown, Delaware, † December 4, 1937 in Lewes, Delaware ) was an American politician. Between 1933 and 1935 he represented the State of Delaware in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

After primary school, Wilbur Adams visited the Delaware College in Newark and the Dickinson College in Carlisle (Pennsylvania). After studying law at the University of Pennsylvania and its made ​​in 1907 Admitted to bar Adams began practicing in his new profession in Wilmington.

Adams was a member of the Democratic Party. In 1924 he ran unsuccessfully for the office of Attorney General of Delaware. In 1932 he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, where he replaced Republican Robert G. Houston on March 4, 1933. Since he resigned in 1934 to run again, Adams was able to complete only one term in Congress until January 3, 1935.

In the same elections in 1934, Adams ran unsuccessfully against John G. Townsend for the U.S. Senate. After he retired from politics and worked as a lawyer again. Temporarily he was still acting postmaster in Georgetown. Wilbur Adams died in 1937 in Lewes and was buried in Georgetown.