ADAMS, James Hopkins,
statesman, b. in South Carolina about 1811; d. near Columbia, S. C.,
27 July, 1861. He was graduated at Yale in 1831. In 1832, during the
"nullification" excitement, he strongly opposed the nullifiers in the
legislature. After serving in the state senate for several sessions, he was
elected governor for the term of 1855-'57. He was one of the state
commissioners that were chosen, after the ordinance of secession was passed, to
treat with the president concerning the disposition of United States
property in South Carolina.
SOURCE: James Grant
Wilson, Editor, Appleton's Cyclopaedia of
American Biography, Vol. 1, p. 15
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