Charles Francis Adams III
| Charles Francis Adams III | |
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| 44th United States Secretary of the Navy | |
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In office March 5, 1929 – March 4, 1933 |
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| President | Herbert Hoover |
| Preceded by | Curtis D. Wilbur |
| Succeeded by | Claude A. Swanson |
| 4th Mayor of Quincy, Massachusetts | |
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In office 1896–1897 |
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| Preceded by | William A. Hodges |
| Succeeded by | Russell Adams Sears |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
August 2, 1866 Quincy, Massachusetts |
| Died | June 10, 1954 (aged 87) Boston, Massachusetts |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Frances Lovering |
| Children | Catherine F. Lovering Adams Charles Francis Adams IV |
| Parents |
John Quincy Adams II Frances Cadwalader Crowninshield |
| Alma mater | Harvard University |
| Profession | Politician, Lawyer, Yachtsman |
| Nickname(s) | Deacon |
Charles Francis Adams III known as Deacon (August 2, 1866 – June 10, 1954), a member of the prominent American Adams family, was the United States Secretary of the Navy under President Herbert Hoover and a well-known yachtsman.
Charles Francis Adams III was born on August 2, 1866 in Quincy, Massachusetts to Frances "Fanny" Cadwalader Crowninshield (1839–1911) and John Quincy Adams II (1833–1894).
Adams graduated cum laude from Harvard College in 1888, where he was a brother of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity (Alpha chapter). He later graduated from Harvard Law School in 1892.
A scion of the Adams family that produced two presidents, Charles Francis III, the son of John Quincy Adams II, the oldest son of the Charles Francis Adams, Sr. (1807–1886), was the great-grandson of the sixth U. S. President John Quincy Adams (1767–1848), and the great-great-grandson of the second U.S. President John Adams (1735–1826). His mother Fanny Crowninshield was the granddaughter of U.S. Secretary of the Navy Benjamin Williams Crowninshield. Adams was also the third cousin twice removed of Otis Norcross (1811–1882), the 19th Mayor of Boston. Both descending from their fourth great grandfather, Joseph Adams; Otis from his first wife Mary [Chapin], and Charles from his second wife Hannah [Bass].
Charles Francis Adams, Jr. (1835–1915) was the uncle, not the father of Charles Francis Adams III, an assumption regularly made by virtue of sequential name succession. Charles F. Adams, Jr. had five children, the first three being daughters, which may explain why his brother John Q. Adams II took the prerogative to name his son after their uncle. Charles, Jr.'s only sons (twins) were born in 1875.
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