Charles Francis Adams Sr.
Born: August 18, 1807
Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts
Father: US President John Quincy Adams 1767 – 1848
(Buried: United First Parish Church, Quincy, Massachusetts)
Mother: US First Lady Louisa Catherine Johnson 1775 – 1852
(Buried: United First Parish Church, Quincy, Massachusetts)
Grandfather: US President John Adams 1735 – 1826
(Buried: United First Parish Church, Quincy, Massachusetts)
Grandmother: US First Lady Abigail Smith 1744 – 1818
(Buried: United First Parish Church, Quincy, Massachusetts)
Wife: Abigail Brown Brooks 1808 – 1889
(Buried: Mount Wollaston Cemetery, Quincy, Massachusetts)
Children:
Louisa Catherine Adams Kuhn 1831 – 1870
(Buried: Cimitero Accatolico, Florence, Italy)
Colonel John Quincy Adams II 1833 – 1894
(Buried: Mount Wollaston Cemetery, Quincy, Massachusetts)
Bvt. Brigadier General Charles Francis Adams Jr. 1835 – 1915
(Buried: Mount Wollaston Cemetery, Quincy, Massachusetts)
Henry Brooks Adams 1838 – 1918
(Cenotaph: Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.)
Arthur Adams 1841 – 1846
(Buried: Mount Wollaston Cemetery, Quincy, Massachusetts)
Mary Gardner Adams Quincy 1845 – 1928
(Buried: Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts)
Brooks Adams 1848 – 1927
(Buried: Mount Wollaston Cemetery, Quincy, Massachusetts)
Political Parties:
Whig Party, Free Soil Party, Republican Party,
Liberal Republican Party, Anti-Masonic Party, and Democratic Party
Education:
Attended Boston Latin School
1825: Graduated from Harvard University
Occupation before War:
Attorney in Boston, Massachusetts
1841 – 1843: Massachusetts State Representative
1844 – 1845: Massachusetts State Senator
1846: Founder of Boston Whig Newspaper
1848: Unsuccessful Free Soil Party Vice Presidential Candidate
1859 – 1861: United States Congressman from Massachusetts
1859 – 1861: Chairman of House Manufactures Committee
1859 – 1861: Member of House Library Committee
Civil War Career:
1861: Resigned as United States Congressman on May 1st
1861 – 1868: United States Minister to Great Britain
Helped maintain British neutrality during the Civil War
1861: Helped resolve the Trent Affair
Occupation after War:
Declined the Presidency of Harvard University
1869 – 1886: Overseer of Harvard University
1870: Built first Presidential library to honor his father.
1872: Unsuccessful Candidate for Liberal Republican Nomination
1876: Unsuccessful Candidate for Governor of Massachusetts
1876: Sided with Samuel J. Tilden during electoral college controversy
Died: November 21, 1886
Place of Death: Boston, Massachusetts
Age at time of Death: 79 years old
Burial Place: Mount Wollaston Cemetery, Quincy, Massachusetts
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