Benjamin Franklin Adams (December 4, 1822 – February 6, 1902) was an American farmer and politician. He was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly for two terms, representing southeastern Dane County.

Biography

Born in Vernon, New York, Adams graduated from Hamilton College in 1845. He taught Greek at Hamilton Academy. Adams moved to the Wisconsin Territory in 1846 and lived in Fort Atkinson, in Jefferson County. Adams was a candidate for Assembly in 1852, but was defeated by former Lieutenant Governor

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. Adams then settled in the town of Pleasant Springs, in Dane County. He served in the Wisconsin State Assembly as a Republican in 1862 and 1872. He died of pneumonia in Madison, Wisconsin, leaving an estate worth $20,000 to his son,

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. His son,

, also served in the Wisconsin Assembly and was elected to the United States House of Representatives for two terms before dying in office in 1906.

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1822 births 1902 deaths People from Vernon, New York People from Pleasant Springs, Wisconsin Hamilton College (New York) alumni Republican Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly People from Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin 19th-century American legislators 19th-century Wisconsin politicians {{Wisconsin-WIAssembly-Republican-1820s-stub