Background
Thomas Boylston Adams was born on July 25, 1910 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. He was the son of John Adams and Marian Morse Adams.
1957 - 1975
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Thomas Boylston Adams was born on July 25, 1910 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. He was the son of John Adams and Marian Morse Adams.
Initially, Adams was educated at the Groton School. Some time later, he attended Harvard College.
Adams established himself as a businessman, working for organizations, such as the Sheraton Corporation of America and Adams Securities. He also ran for political office, like his ancestors Presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams.
In 1932 Adams began his career at the Boston Herald as an editorial writer. In 1954 after a stint at Waltham Watch Co., he served as a vice president at Sheraton Corporation. In 1950 Thomas began a thirteen-year stint as a treasurer at Adams Securities and in 1964 became its president, a post he held until 1968.
Two years later, in 1966 he sought political office as a Democratic senator for Massachusetts and as a Democratic candidate for the United States House of Representatives in 1968. Although Adams failed in both bids for office, from 1970 to 1980 he served as chair of the Lincoln Democratic Town Committee and was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1972.
He also lectured at Harvard University and from 1974 to 1991 wrote the "History Looks Ahead" column for the Boston Globe.
Thomas was a trustee of his family’s extensive collection of papers and is credited to have many of them published beginning in the 1950s.
In 1966, Adams acted as a vocal opponent of the Vietnam War.
Thomas Adams was a member of Colonial Society of Massachusetts, Tavern Club (Boston) and Phi Beta Kappa.
Adams was married to Ramelle Frost Cochrane. They had six children.
