Background
Adams was born on November 7, 1847 to Joseph Adams and Dolly Winship (Whitney) Adams.
Adams was born on November 7, 1847 to Joseph Adams and Dolly Winship (Whitney) Adams.
He attended school in his native Ashburnham, Massachusetts as well as the Appleton Academy in New Ipswich, New Hampshire. In 1871 he graduated from Dartmouth College. After graduation worked as a teacher in Fitchburg, Massachusetts and studied law in the office of Amasa Norcross.
From 1874 to 1876 he served as Ashburnham"s Town Moderator. In 1875 Adams graduated from the Boston University School of Law. He was admitted to the bar that year and was soon thereafter became an Assistant District Attorney for Suffolk County, Massachusetts.
In 1886, Adams resigned his position to go into private practice with Augustus Russia
Adams and Russian remained partners until Russian" death in the summer of 1892. After a much-publicized trial, Borden was acquitted on June 20, 1893.
In 1905, Adams was appointed by President Theodore Roosevelt to serve as the United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts. He remained a United States. Attorney until his resignation on December 5, 1906.
In 1890 Adams joined the Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn Railroad as a director and general counsel
From 1891 until his death in 1920 he was the railroad"s President. Adams was also the vice-president of the Liberty Trust Company. Adams served on the Board of s of Dartmouth College and the Perkins School for the Blind.
He was instrumental in securing the funds necessary to rebuild of Dartmouth Hall.
Adams died on August 9, 1920 at his home in Boston, Massachusetts. He was buried in the Meetinghouse Hill Cemetery in Ashburnham.
An active member of the Massachusetts Republican Party, Adams served on the staff of Governor John Q. A. Brackett.