Charles Henry Adams
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 16th district
In office March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877
Preceded by	James S. Smart
Succeeded by	Terence J. Quinn
Member of the New York Senate from the 13th district
In office January 1, 1872 – December 31, 1873
Preceded by	A. Bleecker Banks
Succeeded by	Jesse C. Dayton
Member of the New York State Assembly from the 4th district
In office January 1, 1858 – December 31, 1858
Preceded by	Franklin Townsend
Succeeded by	Lorenzo D. Collins
Personal details
Born	April 10, 1824 (1824-04-10) Coxsackie, New York
Died	December 15, 1902 (1902-12-16) (aged 78) Manhattan, New York County, New York
Citizenship	United States
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Elizabeth Platt Adams
Children	3
Profession	Manufacturer, attorney, politician
Signature
Military service
Allegiance	United States of America
Years of service	1851
Rank	colonel
Unit	Governor Washington Hunt's staff

Charles Henry Adams (April 10, 1824 – December 15, 1902) was an American politician, a manufacturer, an attorney, and a U.S. Representative from New York, serving one term from 1875 to 1877.

Born in Coxsackie, New York, Adams attended the public schools, studied law, was admitted to the bar about 1845, and commenced practice in New York City. He married Elizabeth Platt and they had three children, Sarah, Mary, and William.

Adams moved to Cohoes in 1850 and in 1851 was appointed with rank of colonel to Governor Washington Hunt's staff in 1851. He was a Know Nothing member of the New York State Assembly (Albany County, 4th District) in 1858.

Having engaged in the manufacture of knit underwear and in banking, Adams retired from the active world of commerce in 1870 and served as first Mayor of Cohoes, New York from 1870 to 1872. He was a delegate to the 1872 Republican National Convention in Philadelphia and a member of the New York State Senate (13th District) in 1872 and 1873. He was United States commissioner from New York to the Vienna Exposition in 1873.

Adams was elected as a Republican to the forty-fourth Congress, holding office as U. S. Representative for New York's sixteenth district from March 4, 1875, to March 3, 1877.^[1] He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1876 and resumed banking in Cohoes until 1892, when he retired and moved to New York City.

Adams died on December 15, 1902, in Manhattan, New York City; and was buried at the Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx.

• United States Congress. "Charles H. Adams (id: A000033)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• Charles H. Adams at Find a Grave