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The Adams family was a prominent political family in the United States during the late eighteenth century through early twentieth century.

The most important members included:

• Samuel Adams (1722-1803), American Revolutionary
• John Adams (1735-1826), Samuel's second cousin, second President of the United States
• Abigail Adams (1744-1818), John's wife, the First Lady, the mother of John Quincy Adams, and an influential society woman
  • John Quincy Adams (1767-1848), John and Abigail's son, sixth President of the United States
    • Charles Francis Adams, Sr. (1807-1866), his son, United States Congressman and Ambassador to the United KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a state in Western Europe, usually known simply as the United Kingdom the UK Britain or less accurately as Great Britain . The UK was formed by a series of Acts of Union which united the formerly
      • Charles Francis Adams, Jr.Charles Francis Adams, Jr. 1835 1915), a member of the prominent Adams family and son of Charles Francis Adams, Sr. graduated at Harvard in 1856, and served on the Union side in the American Civil War, receiving in 1865 the brevet of brigadier-general in (1835 - 1915), son of Charles Francis Adams, Sr., brigadier-general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He was president of the Union Pacific Railroad from 1884 to 1890.
        • Charles Francis AdamsCharles Francis Adams III ( 2 August 1866 1954) was the United States Secretary of the Navy under Herbert Hoover and well-known as a yachtsman. A scion of the Adams family that gave the country two presidents, Charles Francis was born in Quincy, Massachus (1866-1954), son of Charles Francis Adams, Jr., 44th Secretary of the Navy
        • Henry AdamsHenry Brooks Adams ( February 16, 1838 March 27, 1918) was a U. historian, journalist and novelist. Born in Boston into one of the country's most prominent families (both his great-grandfather and his grandfather had been Presidents of the United States), (1838-1918), third son of Charles Francis Adams, Sr., a prominent author and political commentator

The Adams family is one of only four families to have produced two Presidents of the United States, the others being the Bush political family, the Roosevelt political family , and the Harrison political family .

See also

• List of political families