Stephen Adams
Democrat Senator of Mississippi
Representative
Mississippi
December 1, 1845 - March 3, 1847
Senator
Mississippi
March 17, 1852 - March 3, 1857
4
Congresses Served
1
House Terms
1
Senate Terms
October 17, 1807 (49 years old)
Birthday
May 1, 1857
Death
- Served as a United States Representative from 1845 to 1847 and as a Senator from 1852 to 1857.
- Born in South Carolina and moved to Tennessee at a young age.
- Studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1829, practicing law in Franklin County, Tennessee.
- Held various political positions, including member of the Tennessee Senate and circuit court judge.
- Elected to the U.S. Senate to fill a vacancy left by Jefferson Davis.
- Chaired the Committee on Retrenchment during his Senate tenure.
- Returned to practicing law in Memphis, Tennessee, after his Senate term.
- Died of smallpox in 1857 and was buried in Elmwood Cemetery.