Benjamin C. Adams

Benjamin C. Adams
Member of the Mississippi State Senate
from the 28th district
In office
January 1900 – January 1904
Mayor of Grenada, Mississippi
In office
May 4, 1896 – May 2, 1898
Succeeded byA. S. Bell
Personal details
Born
Benjamin Chinn Adams

(1847-07-16)July 16, 1847
Carroll County, Mississippi, U.S.
DiedMay 1, 1906(1906-05-01) (aged 58)
Grenada, Mississippi, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic

Benjamin Chinn Adams (July 16, 1847 – May 1, 1906) was a Mississippi Democratic politician and state senator from 1900 to 1904.[1][2] He also served as the mayor of Grenada, Mississippi, from 1896 to 1898.[1]

Biography

Benjamin Chinn Adams was born on July 16, 1847, in Carroll County, Mississippi.[2][3][4] He was a planter and a lawyer.[2] From May 4, 1896, to May 2, 1898, he was the mayor of Grenada, Mississippi.[1] In 1899, he was elected to represent the 28th District, which comprises Mississippi's Yalobusha and Grenada counties, in the Mississippi State Senate.[2] He died on May 1, 1906, in Grenada, Mississippi.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c Mississippi Official and Statistical Register. Secretary of State. 1900.
  2. ^ a b c d Mississippi (1900). Department Reports.
  3. ^ Confederate Military History: A Library of Confederate States History, in Seventeen Volumes. Broadfoot. 1987. p. 279.
  4. ^ a b "Benjamin Chinn Adams". The Grenada Sentinel. 1906-07-07. p. 1. Retrieved 2022-07-20.


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