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| Affiliation | Republican |
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| Name | Sherman Adams |
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Lincoln, New Hampshire , United States |
| Email | None |
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January 08, 1899
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| Died | October 27, 1986
(87 years)
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| Contributor | U Ole Polecat |
| Last Modifed | RBH
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| Info | Born East Dover (VT); Lincoln (NH) businessman. In state politics from 1941. Governor 1949/53. Portrait by Richard S. Meryman, 1953.
Adams was educated in Providence, Rhode Island public schools. He graduated from Dartmouth College (1920), having taken time off briefly in 1918 to serve in the U.S. Marine Corps. Adams then went into the lumber business, first in Headville, VT (1921), then to a combined lumber and paper business in Lincoln (NH). He also was involved in banking.
Adams entered state politics as a Republican legislator (1941/4; Speaker of the House, 1944). He served a term in the U.S. House of Representatives (1945/7), while making a failed effort to capture the 1946 Republican gubernatorial nomination in New Hampshire. He lost (to Chester M. Dale), but won the 1948 primary and the general election.
New Hampshire was suffering post-war recession in 1948. Governor Adams called for frugality and thrift in both personal and state expenditures. Retirees were (and are) a significant part of New Hampshire's population; Adams called for increased state aid for the aged, and for legislation which would enable the state's seniors to qualify for Federal Old Age & Survivors Insurance. In 1950 he formed a Reorganization Committee to recommend changes in state operations, and he called for the legislature to act on the recommendations.
Adams' clipped New Hampshire twang and calls for frugality made him a virtual poster boy for Republican balanced budget values. He served as chairman of the Conference of Governors (1951/2), and was then asked to be Chief of Staff for the new Republican President, Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Adams took his role as Chief of Staff very seriously, and all requests for access to Eisenhower had to go through his office. This alienated traditional Republican Party, and when the chance came to attack Adams (over the gift of a vicuna fur overcoat from a Boston businessman friend who had business with the government), they did so. Adams was compelled to resign (1958). He returned to Lincoln (NH) where he started Loon Mountain Corporation, today a major ski resort.
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