LC control no. | no2009182606 |
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Personal name heading | Adams, Robert Huntington, 1792-1830 |
Found in | Speech of Mr. Adams, of Mississippi, on the bill to remove the Indians west of the Mississippi, 1830: t.p. (Mr. Adams, of Mississippi) OCLC, Nov. 10, 2009 (hdg.: Adams, Robert Huntington, $d 1792-1830; usage: Mr. Adams, of Mississippi) Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, via WWW, Nov. 10, 2009: (Adams, Robert Huntington, 1792-1830; a Senator from Mississippi; b. 1792, Rockbridge County, Va.; apprenticed to the cooper's trade; graduated from Washington College--now Washington and Lee University--at Lexington, Va., in 1806; studied law; admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Knoxville, Tenn.; moved to Natchez, Miss., in 1819; member of the state house of representatives in 1828; elected as a Jacksonian to the US Senate to fill vacancy caused by death of Thomas B. Reed and served from Jan. 6, 1830, until his death in Natchez, Miss., July 2, 1830; buried in Natchez City Cemetery) |