Jesse A. Adams
American politician
Jesse Austin Adams (December 10, 1876 – January 21, 1940) was an American piano tuner, teacher and Democratic politician. He served in the Mississippi State Senate from 1928 to 1932 and in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1920 to 1922 and from 1924 to 1926. He was blind.
Early life and career
Jesse Austin Adams was born on December 10, 1876, near Coffeeville, Mississippi. He was the son of James Allison Adams and Kate Beulah (Gore) Adams. Through his mother, Jesse Adams was a cousin of Oklahoma senator Thomas Gore. At the age of ten months, Adams lost his sight from spinal meningitis; he remained blind for the rest of his life. Adams attended public schools until the age of twelve. He then attended the Institute for the Blind in Jackson, Mississippi. Finally, Adams attended a high school in Walthall, Mississippi.
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