Robert Stanley Adams

Robert Stanley Adams (August 27, 1895 – April 1, 1943) served in the Florida State Senate for the 30th district.

Early life Adams was born August 27, 1895, in Jasper, Florida to Frank Adams and Alice Vivian née West Adams. He went to public school in Jacksonville, Florida and then attended the University of South at Sewanee, Tennessee.

Career Adams was the president of the Barnett National Bank in Jacksonville, Florida.

He was a Mason and a Methodist.

He was the chairman of the agriculture and livestock committee in 1943 and was also a member of several other committees.

He died early in his third term as a state senator. After his death the law required governor Spessard Holland to call, within 10 days, for a special election to fill the vacancy without the requirement for any primaries.

Death He died on April 1, 1943, (aged 47), at his plantation and home near Jasper, Florida. He was survived by his wife, Priscilla B Adams and three of his children, Frances Adams, Cornelia Caleb Tarplee and Robert Stanley Adams, as well as four siblings.

The R. Stanley Adams Memorial Highway section of Florida State Road 6 was named for him and a marker laid.