Adams political family

Members

• Henry Adams born Barton St David, Somerset, England, first of the clan who immigrated to New England, United States.
• John Adams Sr.
• * John Adams, second President of the United States, married Abigail Adams .
• ** John Quincy Adams, sixth President of the United States, married English-born Louisa Adams .
• *** George Washington Adams, member of Massachusetts state legislature.
• *** John Adams II, private secretary to his father.
• *** Charles Francis Adams Sr., U.S. Congressman and Ambassador to the United Kingdom.
• ****John Quincy Adams II, lawyer and politician.
• *****George Caspar Adams, prominent college athlete and football coach at Harvard University.
• ***** Charles Francis Adams III, 44th Secretary of the Navy, mayor of Quincy, Massachusetts.
• ****** Charles Francis Adams IV, first president of Raytheon.
• ****Charles Francis Adams Jr., brigadier-general in the Union Army during the American Civil War and president of the Union Pacific Railroad from 1884 to 1890.
• *****John Adams, married Marian Morse.
• ******Thomas Boylston Adams, executive, writer, and political candidate.
• **** Henry Brooks Adams, prominent author and political commentator, married Marian Hooper Adams .
• **** Brooks Adams, historian and political scientist.
• ** Charles Adams, New York lawyer.
• ** Thomas Boylston Adams, Massachusetts legislator and judge.
• * Elihu Adams, soldier.
• Samuel Adams, the second President's second cousin.
• Samuel A. Adams, historian and CIA analyst.
• John Donley Adams, American politician and lawyer

  Family tree

Harvard University and the Adams family

• John Adams – class of 1755
• John Quincy Adams – class of 1788
• Charles Adams – class of 1789
• Thomas Boylston Adams – class of 1790
• George Washington Adams – class of 1821
• John Adams II, expelled with most of senior class prior to 1823 graduation, later among those designated "Bachelor of Arts as of 1823" and added to Harvard's Roll of Graduates
• John Quincy Adams II
• Charles Francis Adams Sr. – class of 1825
• Charles Francis Adams Jr. – class of 1856
• Henry Brooks Adams – class of 1858
• Brooks Adams – class of 1870
• George Caspar Adams – class of 1886
• Charles Francis Adams III – class of 1888
• Roger Adams – class of 1909
• Charles Francis Adams IV – class of 1932
• Thomas Boylston Adams – class of 1933
• Samuel A. Adams – class of 1955

Memorials

• Adams Memorial
• Adams National Historical Park