Adams, Green
lawyer, legislator, jurist, congressman, was born Aug. 20, 1812, in Barboursville, Ky. He was bred a farmer; read law and adopted that profession. In 1832-33 he was deputy sheriff of Knox county; in 1839 was elected to the state legislature, and was re-elected; was a representative in congress from Kentucky from 1847-49; was a presidential elector in 1844 and 1856, and a judge of the circuit court of Kentucky from 1851-56. In 1859 he was elected a representative from Kentucky to the Thirtysixth congress; in 1861 was appointed sixth auditor of the United States treasury; and was disbursing clerk in the house of representatives at Washington from 1875 to 1881. He died Jan. 18, 1884.