Charles Francis Adams
1807–86
American diplomat. Elected to the Massachusetts legislature as a Whig, 1840; led the state in opposition to slavery. Elected to Congress in 1858 and again in 1860 as a Republican. American minister to London, 1861–8. Published the papers and a biography of his father, the former president, John Quincey Adams (DAB).
Sources
ANB
DAB
Bibliography
ANB: American national biography. Edited by John A. Garraty and Mark C. Carnes. 24 vols. and supplement. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press. 1999–2002.
DAB: Dictionary of American biography. Under the auspices of the American Council of Learned Societies. 20 vols., index, and 10 supplements. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons; Simon & Schuster Macmillan. London: Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1928–95.
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