Adams, Charles Francis, Jr. (1835-1915)

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Richard Theodore Ely to Jane Addams, January 23, 1906

Statement Against Expanding the Navy, January 15, 1909 (summary)

Thirty Reasons Why Our Navy Should Not Be Enlarged, January 15, 1909

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Birth Date

1835-05-27

Death Date

1915-05-20

Birthplace

Boston, MA

Biographical Text

Charles Francis Adams, Jr. was the great-grandson of President John Adams. He was a brevet brigadeer-general in the Union Army during the Civil War. After the war, he became president of the Union Pacific Railroad and headed the Massachusetts Board of Railroad Commisioners. Adams was a member of Harvard University's board of overseers for twenty years, and wrote on the railroads and history. As an author, he was best known for a biography of his father, Charles Francis Adams, Sr, that focused on diplomacy between the United States and England. Adams died in 1915.

In 1865, he married Mary Elizabeth Ogden. They had five children: Mary Ogden Adams, Louisa Catherine Adams, Elizabeth Ogden Adams, John Adams, and Henry Adams.

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Hajo, Cathy Moran

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Public domain

Gender

Male

First appears

1903

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"Chas. F. Adams, Historian and Publicis, Dies," Chicago Daily Tribune, March 21, 185, p. 8.

Finding Aid, Charles Francis Adams Papers, Mass. Historical Society.

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“Adams, Charles Francis, Jr. (1835-1915),” Jane Addams Digital Edition, accessed July 26, 2024, http://mail.digital.janeaddams.ramapo.edu/items/show/189.