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Adams, John Quincy (Lawyer legislator was born)

lawyer, legislator, was born Sept. 22, 1833, in Boston, Mass., and was the eldest son of Charles Francis Adams. He was graduated at Harvard college in 1853, and admitted to the Suffolk bar in 1855. During the civil war he was on Gov. Andrew's staff. He was elected to the legislature by the town of Quincy in 1866. In 1869 and 1870 he was again a member of the legislature.

In 1867 and 1871 he was democratic candidate for governor of Massachusetts.

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