Adams, Silas
soldier, lawyer, legislator, congressman, was born Feb. 9, 1839, in Pulaski county, Ky. He received an education in the public schools of the county, the Kentucky university of Harrodsburg, and the Transylvania of Lexington. In 1867 he entered the law school at Lexington, and received license to practice; served two terms as county attorney; served three terms in the legislature; in 1892 was nominated and voted for by the republicans of the state legislature for speaker, and also for United States senator. He entered the union army in 1861 as first lieutenant, first Kentucky volunteer cavalry; was promoted to captain, lieutenant-colonel, and colonel of the regiment, and was mustered out Dec. 31, 1864. In 1892 was elected to the fiftythird congress as a republican.