Life span: 08/18/1807 to 11/21/1886TabsLife SummaryFull name: Charles Francis AdamsPlace of Birth: Boston, MABurial Place: Quincy, MABirth Date Certainty: ExactDeath Date Certainty: ExactGender: MaleRace: WhiteSectional choice: NorthOrigins: Free StateNo. of Spouses: 1No. of Children: 7Family: John Quincy Adams (father), Louisa Catherine Johnson (mother), Abigail Brown Brooks (wife)Education: HarvardOccupation: PoliticianDiplomatAttorney or JudgeEducatorWriter or ArtistRelation to Slavery: White non-slaveholderPolitical Parties: WhigFree SoilRepublicanGovernment: Lincoln Administration (1861-65)Johnson Administration (1865-69)DiplomatUS House of Representatives Events Date span begin Life span End Event 04/16/1862 04/16/1862 In London, the U.S. Ambassador meets with the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society 04/05/1863 04/05/1863 British Government seizes a newly-built schooner under the Foreign Enlistment Act 05/02/1863 05/02/1863 In London, British labor leaders call on U.S. Ambassador Adams to relay their support to President Lincoln 06/22/1863 06/22/1863 The Alexandra Case, over British neutrality in ship-building, opens in London 06/26/1863 06/26/1863 The Alexandra Case, over British neutrality in ship-building, reaches a verdict in London 09/04/1863 09/04/1863 The British Prime Minister orders the detention of two recently British-built vessels for the Confederacy Major TopicsThirty-Seventh Congress of the United States19th-Century World Affairs Documents Images Charles Francis Adams Charles Francis Adams, detail Bibliography