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Cayton Bidwell Adam (January 12, 1894 – December 20, 1982) was an American lawyer and politician. He was the
Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi The lieutenant governor of Mississippi is the second-highest ranking executive officer in Mississippi, below the governor of Mississippi. The office of lieutenant governor was established when Mississippi became a state, abolished for a few decade ...
from 1928 to 1932.


Biography

Cayton Bidwell Adam was born on January 12, 1894, in
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. He was the son of Emile J. Adam, who served as a county supervisor and justice of the peace, and his wife, Mattie (Capers) Adam. He grew up in
Pass Christian, Mississippi Pass Christian (), nicknamed The Pass, is a city in Harrison County, Mississippi, United States. It is part of the Gulfport– Biloxi Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 6,307 at the 2019 census. History Pre-European history ...
. He then graduated from
Millsaps College Millsaps College is a private liberal arts college in Jackson, Mississippi. It was founded in 1890 and is affiliated with the United Methodist Church. History The college was founded in 1889–90 by a Confederate veteran, Major Reuben Webste ...
in 1913. Adam was then elected to the Pass Christian city council. He resigned to fight in
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, and served in the 152nd Infantry, Company G, in France. In 1920, Adam was elected to the Board of Supervisors of
Harrison County, Mississippi Harrison County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census, the population was 208,621, making it the second-most populous county in Mississippi. Its county seats are Biloxi and Gulfport. The county is named a ...
. In 1927, at the age of 33, Adam was elected to the office of
Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi The lieutenant governor of Mississippi is the second-highest ranking executive officer in Mississippi, below the governor of Mississippi. The office of lieutenant governor was established when Mississippi became a state, abolished for a few decade ...
. He held this office from 1928 to 1932. Starting in 1934, Adam was the chairman of the Harrison County Democratic Executive Committee, and Adam held this office for 36 years. From 1956 to 1968, Adam was also the Chairman of the Mississippi State Democratic Executive Committee. Adam died on the night of December 20, 1982, at his home in
Gulfport, Mississippi Gulfport is the second-largest city in Mississippi after the state capital, Jackson. Along with Biloxi, Gulfport is the co-county seat of Harrison County and the larger of the two principal cities of the Gulfport-Biloxi, Mississippi Metropolit ...
.


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Adam, Bidwell 1894 births 1982 deaths Lieutenant Governors of Mississippi 20th-century American politicians People from Pass Christian, Mississippi People from Gulfport, Mississippi