| 词条 | Billy Adams (politician) |
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|name = William Herbert Adams |image = |order = 25th |office = Governor of Colorado |term_start = January 11, 1927 |term_end = January 10, 1933 |lieutenant = George Milton Corlett, Edwin C. Johnson |predecessor = Clarence Morley |successor = Edwin C. Johnson |birth_date = February 15, 1861 |birth_place = Blue Mounds, Wisconsin |death_date = {{death date and age|1954|2|4|1861|2|15}} |death_place = Alamosa, Colorado |resting_place=Alamosa, Colorado |party = Democrat |spouse = |profession = |religion = |signature = }} William Herbert Adams (February 15, 1861 – February 4, 1954), better known as Billy Adams, was an American political figure who served as the 25th Governor of the State of Colorado, from 1927 until 1933. BiographyAdams was born in Blue Mounds, Wisconsin. In 1878, when he was 17, Adams moved to Alamosa, Colorado. He was later elected to City Treasurer, then Mayor of Alamosa, and later as Conejos County commissioner. In 1886, he was elected to the Colorado General Assembly as a member of the Colorado House of Representatives. In 1888, he was elected to the Colorado Senate where he served until 1926, when he was elected as Governor of Colorado.[1] In 1921, during his term as Colorado Senate Senator, Adams received approval on a bill that formed Alamosa State Normal School in Alamosa, Colorado. The college’s name was later changed to Adams State Teachers College in honor of its founder and finally to its present name Adams State University. Adams died on February 4, 1954, in Alamosa, Colorado, at the age of ninety-two, where he is buried.[2] Personal lifeJohn Adams, Billy's father, was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly and the Wisconsin State Senate. Billy’s older brother, Alva Adams, was also governor of Colorado from 1887 to 1889, from 1897 to 1899, and 1905. Billy's nephew, Alva Blanchard Adams, was a United States Senator from Colorado from 1923 until 1925 and from 1933 to 1941. See also
References1. ^http://www.colorado.gov/dpa/doit/archives/govs/whadams.html 2. ^{{cite news|title=Ex-Governor Billy Adams Dies at Alamosa, Aged 92 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/26493074/billy_adams_18611954/ |newspaper=Greeley Daily Tribune |date=February 4, 1954 |page=1 |via = Newspapers.com |accessdate = December 25, 2018 }} {{Open access}} External links
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