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Green Adams

Opposition Representative of Kentucky's 6th district

  • Representative

    Kentucky, district 6

    December 6, 1847 - March 3, 1849

  • Representative

    Kentucky, district 6

    December 5, 1859 - March 3, 1861

2

Congresses Served

2

House Terms

August 20, 1812 (71 years old)

Birthday

January 18, 1884

Death

  • Was a lawyer by profession
  • Served in the Kentucky House of Representatives in 1839
  • Acted as a presidential elector for the Whig Party in 1844
  • Served two non-consecutive terms in the U.S. House of Representatives from Kentucky (1847–1849 and 1859–1861)
  • Became a judge of the Circuit Court of Kentucky from 1851 to 1856
  • Appointed as the sixth auditor of the United States Treasury Department, serving from 1861 to 1864
  • Owned slaves
  • Established a legal practice in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, later in life
  • Died in Philadelphia in 1884 and is buried in West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania