Charles Henry Adams

Republican Representative of New York's 16th district

Congresses Served

House Terms

January 1, 1824 (78 years old)

Birthday

January 1, 1902

Death

Served one term as a U.S. Representative
Was a manufacturer and attorney before entering politics
Attended public schools and studied law, admitted to the bar around 1845
Moved to Cohoes in 1850 and became involved in local politics and business
Appointed with the rank of colonel to a governor’s staff in 1851
Served in the New York State Assembly in 1858
Engaged in the manufacture of knit underwear and banking, retiring from commerce in 1870
Served as the first Mayor of Cohoes from 1870 to 1872
Was a delegate to the 1872 Republican National Convention
Served in the New York State Senate from 1872 to 1873
Appointed as a United States commissioner to the Vienna Exposition in 1873
Unsuccessful in seeking renomination for Congress in 1876, returned to banking until retirement in 1892
Died in Manhattan, New York City, and was buried in the Bronx