Frank Adams (Florida politician)

Frank Adams (1861–1940) was a politician in Florida. He served as a state senator, representing Hamilton County, Florida[1]

His father Robert Watkins Adams also served in the Florida Senate[2] and his son Robert Stanley Adams (died 1943) also became a state senator in Florida.[3]

In 1899 he served as president of the Florida Senate.[4] He served as the president of the Florida state senate for two terms, the first to do so since the enactment of the state constitution.[5]

See also

References
  1. "Letter to the voters of Hamilton County from State Senator Frank Adams, addressing charges made against his character, 1906". Florida Memory. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  2. "Senators Robert Stanley Adams, Frank Adams, Robert Watkins Adams". The Miami Herald. 16 May 1943. p. 47. Retrieved 7 November 2020. open access
  3. "Obituary for R. Stanley Adams (Aged 47)". The Miami News. April 1, 1943. p. 20 – via newspapers.com. open access
  4. Florida. Legislature. Senate (1899). Journal of the State Senate of Florida of the Session of ... The State. p. 712.
  5. "State Senator Stanley Adams Dies Suddenly". Tallahassee Democrat. 1 April 1943. p. 1. Retrieved 8 November 2020.


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