Charles H. Adams
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Coxsackie, New York
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, he attended the public schools, studied law, was admitted to the bar about 1845 and commenced practice in New York City
New York City
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. He moved to Cohoes
Cohoes, New York
Cohoes is an incorporated city located at the northeast corner of Albany County in the US state of New York. It is called the "Spindle City" because of the importance of textile production to its growth. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 16,168...
in 1850 and in 1851 was appointed with rank of colonel to Governor Washington Hunt
Washington Hunt
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's staff in 1851. He was a member of the New York Assembly in 1858 and engaged in the manufacture of knit underwear, and in banking. He retired from active business in 1870 and served as first mayor
Mayor
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of Cohoes, holding office from 1870 to 1872. He was a delegate to the Republican National Convention
Republican National Convention
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at Philadelphia in 1872 and served in the New York Senate in 1872 and 1873.
Adams was United States commissioner from New York to the Vienna Exposition
Weltausstellung 1873 Wien
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in 1873, and was elected as a Republican to the Forty-fourth Congress, holding office from March 4, 1875 to March 3, 1877. He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1876 and resumed banking in Cohoes until 1892, when he retired from active business pursuits and moved to New York City
New York City
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, where he died in 1902. Interment was in Woodlawn Cemetery
Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx
Woodlawn Cemetery is one of the largest cemeteries in New York City and is a designated National Historic Landmark.A rural cemetery located in the Bronx, it opened in 1863, in what was then southern Westchester County, in an area that was annexed to New York City in 1874.The cemetery covers more...
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