- 1944-46: US Naval Officer in World War II
- 1961-64: US Attorney Western District of Washington
- 1965-77: US Congressman - Washington's 7th District
- 1975-77: Chair of the House Budget Committee
- 1977-79: 5th U.S. Secretary of Transportation
- 1987-93: US Senator - State of Washington
Brockman Adams was born 13 January 1927 in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States to Charles Leslie Adams (1896-1968) and Vera Eleanor Beemer (1902-1973) and died 10 September 2004 Stevensville, Queen Anne's County, Maryland, United States of unspecified causes. He married Mary Elizabeth Scott (?) 1952 .
Biography
Brockman Adams was an American lawyer and politician. A Democrat from Washington, Adams served as a U.S. Representative, Senator, and United States Secretary of Transportation. He was forced to retire in January 1993 due to public and widespread sexual harassment, sexual assault and rape allegations.[1]
Early life and education
Adams was born in Atlanta, Georgia, and attended public schools in Portland, Oregon and Seattle, graduating in 1944 from Broadway High School in Seattle.[2] He attended the University of Washington at Seattle where, in 1948, he was elected president of the student government (ASUW) and was the first student to both serve in that post and receive the President's Medal of Excellence as the University's top scholar.[3] In 1949, Mary Maxwell served as secretary to ASUW president Adams.[4] Later that year, Adams introduced Maxwell to his friend and her future husband, William Henry Gates II.[5] He graduated in 1949 and was admitted to Harvard Law School, where he earned his law degree in 1952.
Adams was also a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society.
Adams served in the U.S. Navy from 1944 to 1946, and was admitted to the Washington state bar in 1952, opening a private practice in Seattle. He was a member of the American Bar Association.
Adams taught law at the American Institute of Banking from 1954 to 1960, and served as United States Attorney for the Western District of Washington from 1961 to 1964.[6]
Siblings
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Brockman Adams (1927-2004) | 13 January 1927 Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States | 10 September 2004 Stevensville, Queen Anne's County, Maryland, United States | Mary Elizabeth Scott (?) |
| Phyllis Dean Adams (1934-) | |||
Residences
See Also
- Brockman Adams
- Adams Family
- Adams in Fulton County, Georgia
- Adams in Queen Anne's County, Maryland
External Links
Archives
- Brock Adams Papers. 1947-1993. 326.54 cubic feet (456 boxes).
- Brock Adams photograph collection. circa 1920-1992. Brock Adams photograph collection.
- Richard J. Carbray papers. 1950-1994. 14.85 cubic feet including oversize material, 2 microfilm reels, 65 videocassettes, 1 audio disc, 11 reel to reel sound tapes plus 3 items.
Service Succession Charts
| United States House of Representatives | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by K. William Stinson |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Washington's 7th congressional district 1965–1977 |
Succeeded by John E. Cunningham |
| Preceded by Al Ullman |
Chair of the House Budget Committee 1975–1977 |
Succeeded by Robert Giaimo |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by William Thaddeus Coleman Jr. |
United States Secretary of Transportation 1977–1979 |
Succeeded by Neil Goldschmidt |
| Party political offices | ||
| Preceded by Warren Magnuson |
Democratic nominee for U.S. Senator from Washington (Class 3) 1986 |
Succeeded by Patty Murray |
| United States Senate | ||
| Preceded by Slade Gorton |
U.S. Senator (Class 3) from Washington 1987–1993 Served alongside: Daniel J. Evans, Slade Gorton |
Succeeded by Patty Murray |
References
- ^ "Brock Adams Quits Senate Race Amid Sex Misconduct charges". The New York Times. March 2, 1992. https://www.nytimes.com/1992/03/02/us/brock-adams-quits-senate-race-amid-sex-misconduct-allegations.html.
- ^ "Brock Adams papers - Archives West". Orbis Cascade Alliance. https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:80444/xv30459.
- ^ "Brock Adams papers-Special Collections, UW Libraries". University of Washington Libraries. http://www.lib.washington.edu/SpecialColl/findaids/docs/papersrecords/AdamsBrock1096.xml#a1.
- ^ "Melinda French Gates: A Microsoft Mystery -- She Married High- Profile Bill Gates, But Wants Her Life Kept Private | The Seattle Times". https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=19950604&slug=2124492.
- ^ Wallace, James (1993). Hard drive : Bill Gates and the making of the Microsoft empire. Jim Erickson (1st HarperBusiness ed.). New York: HarperBusiness. pp. 6. ISBN 0-88730-629-2. OCLC 27431749. https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/27431749.
- ^ "Biographical Directory of the United States Congress". http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000031.