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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—GeorgiaWilliam Charles ADAMSON
(1854-1929)
ADAMSON, William Charles,
a Representative from Georgia; born in Bowdon, Carroll County, Ga.,
August 13, 1854; attended the common schools; was graduated from
Bowdon College in 1874; studied law; was admitted to the bar in
1876 and commenced practice in Carrollton, Carroll County, Ga.;
judge of the city court of Carrollton 1885-1889; attorney for the
city of Carrollton for a number of years; delegate to the
Democratic National Convention in 1892; elected as a Democrat to
the Fifty-fifth and to the ten succeeding Congresses and served
from March 4, 1897, until December 18, 1917, when he resigned;
chairman, Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce
(Sixty-second through Sixty-fifth Congresses); appointed on
December 17, 1917, a member of the Board of United States General
Appraisers (now the United States Customs Court) and served until
January 20, 1928, when he resigned; resumed the practice of law in
Carrollton, Ga.; died while on a visit in New York City, January 3,
1929; interment in City Cemetery, Carrollton, Ga.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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