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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsADAMS, Charles Francis
(1807—1886)
ADAMS, Charles Francis, (son of John Quincy Adams and grandson of John Adams), a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Boston, Mass., August 18, 1807; spent several years with his parents in St. Petersburg, Russia; attended the Boston Latin School, and was graduated from Harvard University in 1825; studied law; was admitted to the bar on January 6, 1829, and commenced practice in Boston; member of the State house of representatives in 1831; served in the State senate 1835-1840; founded the Boston Whig in 1846; unsuccessful candidate of the Free-Soil Party for Vice President of the United States in 1848; elected as a Republican to the Thirty-sixth and Thirty-seventh Congresses and served from March 4, 1859, to May 1, 1861, when he resigned to accept a diplomatic position; chairman, Committee on Manufactures (Thirty-sixth Congress); appointed by President Lincoln as Minister to England and served from March 20, 1861, to May 13, 1868; declined the presidency of Harvard University but became one of its overseers in 1869; died in Boston, Mass., November 21, 1886; interment in Mount Wollaston Cemetery, Quincy, Norfolk County, Mass.
Bibliography
Adams, Charles Francis. Diary of Charles Francis Adams
. 1964. Reprint, edited by Aïda DiPace Donald and David Donald. 8 vols. Cambridge: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1986; Duberman, Martin B. Charles Francis Adams, 1807-1886
. 1960. Reprint, Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, [1968].
Adams, Brooks. Charles Francis Adams: An American Statesman
. Boston: N.p., 1912.
Adams, Charles Francis. Charles Francis Adams.
1900. Reprint, New York: AMS Press, 1972.
———. Diary of Charles Francis Adams
. 1964. Reprint, edited by Aïda DiPace Donald and David Donald. 8 vols. Cambridge: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1986.
———. John Adams / John Quincy Adams and Charles Francis Adams; introd. by Peter Shaw
. New York: Chelsea House: distributed by Scribner Book Companies, 1980.
———. The Life of John Adams, begun by John Quincy Adams, completed by Charles Francis Adams
. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1871. Reprint, St. Clair Shores, Mich.: Scholarly Press, 1971.
———. Minnesota as Seen by Travelers; Campaigning with Seward in 1860
. Saint Paul: N.p., 1927.
———. An Oration, Delivered before the Municipal Authorities of the City of Fall River, July 4, 1860
. Fall River, [Mass?]: Almy & Milne, Daily News Steam Printing House, 1860.
———. The Progress of Liberty, in a Hundred Years, an Oration, Delivered Before the Citizens of Taunton, 4th July 1876
. Taunton, Mass.: Printed at the office of C.A. Hack & son, 1876.
———. Reflections upon the Present State of the Currency in the United States
. Boston: E. Lincoln, 1837.
———. The Republican party a necessity
. [Washington: N.p., 1860].
———. The Struggle for Neutrality in America: An Address Delivered before the New York Historical Society, at their Sixty-sixth Anniversary, December 13, 1870
. New York: Charles Scribner and Co., 1871 (New York: New York Print. Co.).
———. Texas and the Massachusetts resolutions
. Boston: Eastburn’s Press, 1844.
Adams, Charles Francis. Charles Francis Adams; by his son Charles Francis Adams
. 1909. Reprint, Tustin, Calif.: American Reprint Service, 1985.
Adams, James T. The Adams Family
. Boston: Little, Brown, 1930.
Burt, Nathaniel. “Charles Francis Adams.” In his First Families: The Making of an American Aristocracy
, 230-240. Boston: Little, Brown, 1970.
Collins, Patrick A. Charles Francis Adams as Minister to England, and an Anti-Know-Nothing
. Boston: Post Publishing Company, 1876.
Duberman, Martin B. Charles Francis Adams, 1807-1886
. 1960. Reprint, Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, [1968].
———. “Charles Francis Adams, Antimasonry, and the Presidential Election of 1836.” Mid-America
43 (April 1961): 114-26.
Ferris, Norman B. “American Diplomatist Confronts Victorian Society.” History Today
15 (August 1965): 550-58.
Friedlaender, Marc. “Charles Francis Adams, Numismatist, Brought to the Bar: Groux vs. Adams.” Massachusetts Historical Society Proceedings
86 (1974): 3-27.
Harbert, Earl N. “Charles Francis Adams (1807-1886): A Forgotten Family Man of Letters.” Journal of American Studies
(Great Britain) 6 (1972): 249-65.
Nagel, Paul C. “Reconstruction, Adams Style.” Journal of Southern History
52 (February 1986): 3-18.
Perling, Joseph J. “Sons of John Quincy Adams.” In his Presidents’ Sons: The Prestige of Name in a Democracy
, 30-49. New York: Odyssey Press, 1947.
Russell, Francis. “Charles Francis Adams: Voice of Honor.” In hisAdams: An American Dynasty
, 235-281. New York: American Heritage, 1976.
Shepherd, Jack. “The Union Is Not Destroyed.” In his The Adams Chronicles: Four Generations of Greatness
, 343-373. Boston: Little, Brown, 1975.
Stark, Cruce. “The Development of a Historical Stance: The Civil War Correspondence of Henry and Charles Francis Adams, Jr.” Clio
4 (1975): 383-97.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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