Benjamin C. Adams
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Benjamin C. Adams | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Mississippi State Senate from the 28th district | |
| In office January 1900 – January 1904 | |
| Mayor of Grenada, Mississippi | |
| In office May 4, 1896 – May 2, 1898 | |
| Succeeded by | A. S. Bell |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Benjamin Chinn Adams July 16, 1847 Carroll County, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Died | May 1, 1906 (aged 58) Grenada, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
Benjamin Chinn Adams (July 16, 1847 – May 1, 1906) was a Mississippi Democratic politician and state senator from 1900 to 1904.[1][2] He also served as the mayor of Grenada, Mississippi, from 1896 to 1898.[1]
Biography
Benjamin Chinn Adams was born on July 16, 1847, in Carroll County, Mississippi.[2][3][4] He was a planter and a lawyer.[2] From May 4, 1896, to May 2, 1898, he was the mayor of Grenada, Mississippi.[1] In 1899, he was elected to represent the 28th District, which comprises Mississippi's Yalobusha and Grenada counties, in the Mississippi State Senate.[2] He died on May 1, 1906, in Grenada, Mississippi.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Mississippi Official and Statistical Register. Secretary of State. 1900.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Mississippi (1900). Department Reports.
- ↑ Confederate Military History: A Library of Confederate States History, in Seventeen Volumes. Broadfoot. 1987. p. 279.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Benjamin Chinn Adams". The Grenada Sentinel. 1906-07-07. p. 1. Retrieved 2022-07-20.
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