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Adamson, William Charles

law-. yer, jurist, congressman, was born Aug. 13, 1854, in Bowdon, Ga. He spent his youth alternately in working on the farm and in hauling goods and cotton between Atlanta and Bowdon; took the collegiate course at Bowdon college, graduating with the degree of A. B. in 1874, the degree of A. M. being conferred a few years later by the same institution. He was admitted to the bar October, 1876, and has lived at Carrollton, Ga., ever since.

He was judge of the city court of Carrollton from 1885 to 1889, and was attorney for the city of Carrollton for a number of years; was presidential elector in 1892; and had never held nor sought any other office until elected to the fifty-fifth congress as a democrat.