Dudley Warren Adams

Dudley Warren Adams (November 30, 1831 in Winchendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts – February 13, 1897 in Tangerine, Florida) was a horticulturalist and a leader in the Granger movement.

Background and career development Adams was born in 1831 to Joseph Boynton Adams and Hannah Whitney. At age 4 he moved with his widowed mother and siblings to a farm where he spent his childhood. His mother later married Morace Whitcombe of Winchendon. Dudley became a teacher as a young man and, at age 21, traveled west and became one of the first settlers of Waukon, Allamakee County, Iowa.

Role in the Grange movement In Iowa, Adams learned surveying and was the county's assessor for 10 years. He headed the first attempt to legislate railroad freight and aided in framing proposals for fixing rates and outlawing discrimination on that basis. These efforts were introduced into the United States Congress of 1873–1874, which at the time, had no such legislation due to opposition based upon unconstitutionality.