Background
Adams was born in Blue Mounds, Wisconsin.
Adams was born in Blue Mounds, Wisconsin.
In 1878, when he was 17, Adams moved to Alamosa, Colorado. He was later elected to City Treasurer, then Mayor of Alamosa, and later as Conejos County commissioner. In 1888, he was elected to the Colorado Senate where he served until 1926, when he was elected as Governor of Colorado.
In 1921, during his term as Colorado Senate Senator, Adams received approval on a bill that formed Alamosa State Normal School in Alamosa, Colorado.
Adams died on February 4, 1954, in Alamosa, Colorado, at the age of ninety-two where he is buried.
In 1886, he was elected to the Colorado General Assembly as a member of the Colorado House of Representatives.