Background
Adams, Edward Richmond was born on July 7, 1892 in Galesburg, Illinois, United States. Son of Edward Quincy and Helen Louise (Gay) Adams.
Adams, Edward Richmond was born on July 7, 1892 in Galesburg, Illinois, United States. Son of Edward Quincy and Helen Louise (Gay) Adams.
Student Knox College. Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1914, Bachelor of Laws, 1917.
Admitted to Illinois bar, 1918, also United States District Court 7th Circuit, Court of Appeals, Supreme Court of the United States Court. Practice of law, Chicago, 1919-1972. Member firm Miller, Gorham, Wescott & Adams.
Director John B. Thompson Company, Drovers National Bank, also director J. R. Short Milling Company.
Served as First lieutenant United States Army, World War I. Fellow American College Trial Lawyers. Member American, Illinois, Chicago bar associations, Bar Association 7th Federal Circuit, American Judicature Society, Society Trial Lawyers Chicago.
Clubs: Law, Legal, University, Mid-Day (Chicago).
Married Frances Ruth Cummings, June 14, 1924. Children: Edward Quincy, Frances Suzanne (Mistress H. Charles Becker).