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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New YorkCharles Henry ADAMS
(1824-1902)
ADAMS, Charles Henry, a
Representative from New York; born in Coxsackie, Greene County,
N.Y., April 10, 1824; attended the public schools; studied law; was
admitted to the bar about 1845 and commenced practice in New York
City; moved to Cohoes, Albany County, N.Y., in 1850; appointed with
rank of colonel to Governor Hunt’s staff in 1851; member of
the State assembly in 1858; engaged in the manufacture of knit
underwear, and in banking; retired from active business in 1870;
served as first mayor of Cohoes 1870-1872; delegate to the
Republican National Convention at Philadelphia in 1872; served in
the State senate in 1872 and 1873; United States commissioner from
New York to the Vienna Exposition in 1873; elected as a Republican
to the Forty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1875-March 3, 1877);
unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1876; resumed banking in
Cohoes, N.Y., until 1892, when he retired from active business
pursuits and moved to New York City, where he died December 15,
1902; interment in Woodlawn Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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