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John Adams, Jr (Nebraska)
John Adams, Jr (August 14, 1906 - April 19, 1999) was an American lawyer and Republican politician and a member of the unicameral Nebraska Legislature. He was born in Columbia, South Carolina and lived in Omaha, Nebraska after 1923. He served in the last session of the Nebraska House of Representatives and was the only black member of the first session of the Nebraska unicameral in 1937 where he served until 1941. He was named by the Omaha World Herald as one of the Legislature's 16 most able members.〔 While a legislator, he introduced what became the states first public housing law and supported other welfare legislation.〔 He also served as an honorary sergeant at arms at the 1936 Republican National Convention and as a Judge Advocate at Camp Knight in Oakland, California during World War II.〔
==Life==
Adams was born August 14, 1906 in Columbia, South Carolina〔 to the Reverend John Adams, Sr and Hattie (Bowman) Adams. Adams, Sr was an attorney and minister of the African Methodist Episcopal Church and served in the Unicameral after his son, from 1949 until his death in 1962. Adams attended Pueblo High School (class of 1923) in Pueblo, Colorado before the family moved to Nebraska in 1923 and Adams attended the University of Nebraska-Lincoln where he was one of 21 black students and the only black member of the Law School class of 1929 (he also received his undergraduate degree from UNL in 1927). Adams participated in junior boxing, for instance coming in second in the middle weight class (160 pounds) to Joe Ban in the April 1929 MidWestern AAU senior boxing championships.〔"Curtis Poet Wins Crown in Welter Class Third Time", Omaha World Herald; Thursday, April 4, 1929; page 18〕 His brothers, Ralph W. and Harold S were also UNL alumbi and Ralph W. was a graduate of the Law School and served as a lawyer in Omaha. Adams enlisted as an infantry officer in World War II in April, 1932 〔"Men of War"; Omaha World Herald; Wednesday, April 7, 1943; page 10〕 and was promoted to Captain as trial judge advocate at Camp Knight in Oakland, California.〔"Men and Women in Service"; Omaha World Herald; Wednesday, November 21, 1945; page 15〕 Ralph and Harold also served in the war.〔"Mother Honors to Mrs. Adams"; Omaha World Herald; Wednesday, May 15, 1946; page 4〕 He returned to California and specialized in real estate law. In California, he continued to work for the Republican party, working with Ronald Reagan's gubernatorial election, but he said he voted for Jimmy Carter over Reagan for president.
While Adams, Jr was the first black member of the Nebraska Unicameral, his predecessors in the Nebraska legislature include Matthew O. Rickets (first elected in 1892), John Andrew Singleton (first elected in 1926) and Dr. Aaron Manasses McMillan (first elected in 1928). Adams married Constance Singleton in 1931, Constance was the daughter of Guy Singleton and Blanch Ellen Braxton. Guy was the brother of John Andrew and the son of Millard F. Singleton.
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