Benjamin C. Adams

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 was the mayor of Grenada, Mississippi, from 1896 to 1898.[1]

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 byA. S. Bell
Personal details
Born(1847-07-16)July 16, 1847
Carroll County, Mississippi
DiedMay 1, 1906(1906-05-01) (aged 58)
Grenada, Mississippi
Political partyDemocrat

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. Mississippi Official and Statistical Register. Secretary of State. 1900.
  2. Mississippi (1900). Department Reports.
  3. Confederate Military History: A Library of Confederate States History, in Seventeen Volumes. Broadfoot. 1987. p. 279.
  4. "Benjamin Chinn Adams". The Grenada Sentinel. 1906-07-07. p. 1. Retrieved 2022-07-20.


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