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.
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.