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- William Herbert Adams war ein US-amerikanischer Politiker und von 1927 bis 1933 der 24. Gouverneur des Bundesstaates Colorado.
- William Herbert Adams (February 15, 1861 – February 4, 1954), better known as Billy Adams, was the 25th Governor of the State of Colorado, United States, from 1927 until 1933. Adams was born in Blue Mounds, Wisconsin. In 1878, when he was 17, Adams moved to Alamosa, Colorado. He was later elected to City Treasurer, then Mayor of Alamosa, and later as Conejos County commissioner. In 1886, he was elected to the Colorado General Assembly as a member of the Colorado House of Representatives. In 1888, he was elected to the Colorado Senate where he served until 1926, when he was elected as Governor of Colorado. In 1921, during his term as Colorado Senate Senator, Adams received approval on a bill that formed Alamosa State Normal School in Alamosa, Colorado. The college’s name was later changed to Adams State Teachers College in honor of its founder and finally to its present name Adams State College. Adams died on February 4, 1954, in Alamosa, Colorado, at the age of ninety-two where he is buried. Billy’s older brother, Alva Adams, was also governor of Colorado from 1887 to 1889, from 1897 to 1899, and 1905. Billy's nephew, Alva Blanchard Adams, was a United States Senator from Colorado from 1923 until 1925 and from 1933 to 1941.
- William Herbert "Billy" Adams, född 15 februari 1861 i Blue Mounds, Wisconsin, död 4 februari 1954 i Alamosa, Colorado, var en amerikansk demokratisk politiker. Han var guvernör i delstaten Colorado 1927–1933. Han var bror till Alva Adams som var guvernör 1887–1889, 1897–1899 och 1905. Adams gifte sig 1891 med Emma Ottoway. Äktenskapet slutade i skilsmässa och Adams gifte om sig 1915 med Hattie Mullins. Den andra hustrun avled år 1918. Adams gjorde en lång karriär i delstatspolitiken i Colorado, bland annat som ledamot av delstatens senat i 38 år. Han var inte känd för sin vältalighet och han brukade alltid klä sig i stetsonhatt och mörkgrå kostym. Ett undantag var när han som guvernör köpte en blå kostym i samband med Charles Lindberghs besök i Colorado. Adams vann tre guvernörsval i rad och efterträddes 1933 som guvernör av Edwin C. Johnson. Kongregationalisten Adams gravsattes på Alamosa Cemetery i Alamosa.
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- William Herbert Adams war ein US-amerikanischer Politiker und von 1927 bis 1933 der 24. Gouverneur des Bundesstaates Colorado.
- William Herbert Adams (February 15, 1861 – February 4, 1954), better known as Billy Adams, was the 25th Governor of the State of Colorado, United States, from 1927 until 1933. Adams was born in Blue Mounds, Wisconsin. In 1878, when he was 17, Adams moved to Alamosa, Colorado. He was later elected to City Treasurer, then Mayor of Alamosa, and later as Conejos County commissioner. In 1886, he was elected to the Colorado General Assembly as a member of the Colorado House of Representatives.
- William Herbert "Billy" Adams, född 15 februari 1861 i Blue Mounds, Wisconsin, död 4 februari 1954 i Alamosa, Colorado, var en amerikansk demokratisk politiker. Han var guvernör i delstaten Colorado 1927–1933. Han var bror till Alva Adams som var guvernör 1887–1889, 1897–1899 och 1905. Adams gifte sig 1891 med Emma Ottoway. Äktenskapet slutade i skilsmässa och Adams gifte om sig 1915 med Hattie Mullins. Den andra hustrun avled år 1918.
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