Frank Adams (Florida politician) explained

Frank Adams (1861–1940) was a politician in Florida. He served as a state senator, representing Hamilton County, Florida[1]

His father Robert Watkins Adams also served in the Florida Senate[2] and his son Robert Stanley Adams (died 1943) also became a state senator in Florida.[3]

In 1899 he served as president of the Florida Senate.[4] He served as the president of the Florida state senate for two terms, the first to do so since the enactment of the state constitution.[5]

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  1. Web site: Letter to the voters of Hamilton County from State Senator Frank Adams, addressing charges made against his character, 1906 . Florida Memory . 8 November 2020.
  2. News: Senators Robert Stanley Adams, Frank Adams, Robert Watkins Adams . 7 November 2020 . The Miami Herald . 16 May 1943 . 47.
  3. News: Obituary for R. Stanley Adams (Aged 47). The Miami News . April 1, 1943. 20. newspapers.com.
  4. Book: Florida. Legislature. Senate. Journal of the State Senate of Florida of the Session of .... 1899. The State. 712.
  5. News: State Senator Stanley Adams Dies Suddenly . 8 November 2020 . Tallahassee Democrat . 1 April 1943 . 1.