Benjamin C. Adams Explained

State Senate:Mississippi State
District:28th
Birth Name:Benjamin Chinn Adams
Birth Date:16 July 1847
Termstart:January 1900
Termend:January 1904
Office1:Mayor of Grenada, Mississippi
Termstart1:May 4, 1896
Termend1:May 2, 1898
Birth Place:Carroll County, Mississippi, U.S.
Successor1:A. S. Bell
Party:Democratic
Death Place:Grenada, Mississippi, U.S.

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.

Biography

Benjamin Chinn Adams was born on July 16, 1847, in Carroll County, Mississippi.[3] [4] He was a planter and a lawyer. From May 4, 1896, to May 2, 1898, he was the mayor of Grenada, Mississippi. In 1899, he was elected to represent the 28th District, which comprises Mississippi's Yalobusha and Grenada counties, in the Mississippi State Senate. He died on May 1, 1906, in Grenada, Mississippi.

References

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