Adams political family

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For the fictional family, see The Addams Family.

The Adams family was a prominent political family in the United States during the late eighteenth century through early twentieth century.

1 Members
2 Connections
3 Memories
4 See also

[edit] Members

Samuel Adams (1722-1803), American Revolutionary
John Adams (1735-1826), Samuel's second cousin, second President of the United States, married Abigail Adams (1744-1818)
- John Quincy Adams (1767-1848), sixth President of the United States, married English-born Louisa Adams (1775-1852)
  - George Washington Adams (1801-1829), U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts
  - Charles Francis Adams, Sr. (1807-1886), U.S. Congressman and Ambassador to the United Kingdom
    - John Quincy Adams (1833-1894) lawyer and politician
    - Charles Francis Adams, Jr. (1835-1915), brigadier-general in the Union Army during the American Civil War and president of the Union Pacific Railroad from 1884 to 1890.
      - Charles Francis Adams III (1866-1954), 44th Secretary of the Navy, mayor of Quincy, Massachusetts.
        
        Charles Francis Adams IV (1910-1999), first president of Raytheon
    - Henry Brooks Adams (1838-1918), a prominent author and political commentator, married Marian Hooper Adams (1843-1885)
    - Brooks Adams (1848-1927), a historian and political scientist.
- Thomas Boylston Adams (1772-1832), Massachusetts legislator and judge
Elihu Adams (1741-1776), soldier, brother of John Adams

In addition, Thomas Boylston Adams (1910-1997), a grandson of Charles Francis Adams, Jr., was an unsuccessful Democratic politician in Massachusetts and delegate to the 1972 Democratic National Convention. American actress Mary Kay Adams is a descendant of John Quincy Adams. Nickolas Hoog (1984-present), philanthopist and previous member of the United Nations Development Programme, is also a descendant of John Adams^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Connections

The Adams political family is connected with U.S. Presidents Millard Fillmore, William Howard Taft, and Calvin Coolidge and U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney, through common descent from one Henry Squire [1] (b. 1563).

Through his mother, John Adams was a second cousin of Massachusetts governor Increase Sumner; their maternal grandmothers were sisters. Both were also related to President Coolidge and to Diana, Princess of Wales.

The Adams family is one of only four families to have produced two Presidents of the United States, the others being the Bush family, the Roosevelt family, and the Harrison family.