| LC control no. | n 82110270 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Adams, Brock, 1927-2004 |
| Variant(s) | Adams, Brockman, 1927-2004 Adams, Mr. (Brock), 1927-2004 |
| Birth date | 19270113 |
| Place of birth | Atlanta (Ga.) |
| Affiliation | University of Washington Harvard Law School United States. Navy American Institute of Banking United States. Congress. House United States. Department of Transportation United States. Congress. Senate Democratic Party (U.S.) |
| Profession or occupation | Legislators Cabinet officers Lawyers Law teachers |
| Found in | United States. Congress. Senate Committee on Commerce. Nominations--Secretaries, Departments of Transportation and Commerce, 1977. Wikipedia WWW site, June 17, 2005 (under Brock Adams: Brockman "Brock" Adams; b. Jan. 13, 1927, Atlanta; d. Sept. 10, 2004; Democratic representative from Washington, 1965-1977; secretary of transportation, 1977-1979; Democratic senator from Washington, 1987-1993) First concurrent resolution on the budget-fiscal year 1976, 1975: p. 1 (Mr. Adams, from the committee of conference) Biog. dir. of the U.S. Congress website, October 31, 2013 (Adams, Brockman (Brock), a Representative and a Senator from Washington; born in Atlanta, Ga., on January 13, 1927; attended the public schools in Portland, Oreg.; graduated, University of Washington, Seattle 1949; graduated, Harvard Law School 1952; served in the United States Navy 1944-1946; admitted to the Washington State bar in 1952 and began practice in Seattle; taught law, American Institute of Banking 1954-1960; United States attorney for the Western District of Washington 1961-1964; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-ninth and to the six succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, 1965, until his resignation on January 22, 1977; chairman, Committee on the Budget (Ninety-fourth Congress); Secretary of Transportation in the Cabinet of President Jimmy Carter 1977-1979; resumed the practice of law in Washington State; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1986, and served from January 3, 1987, to January 3, 1993; was not a candidate for reelection in 1992; was a resident of Stevensville, Md., until his death, due to complications of Parkinson's disease, on September 10, 2004; interment in Broad Creek Cemetery in Stevensville) Wikipedia website, October 31, 2013 (Brock, Adams ... 5th United States Secretary of Transportation, in office January 23, 1977 - July 20, 1979) |
| Associated language | eng |
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