Cayton Bidwell Adam (January 12, 1894 – December 20, 1982) was an American lawyer and politician. He was the

Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi The lieutenant governor of Mississippi is the second-highest ranking elected executive officer in the U.S. state of Mississippi, below the governor of Mississippi, and is the only official in the state to be a member of two branches of state gov ...

from 1928 to 1932.

Biography

Cayton Bidwell Adam was born on January 12, 1894, in

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. He was the son of Emile J. Adam, who served as a county supervisor and justice of the peace, and his wife, Mattie (Capers) Adam. He grew up in

Pass Christian, Mississippi Pass Christian (), nicknamed The Pass, is a city in Harrison County, Mississippi, United States. It is part of the Gulfport, Mississippi, Gulfport–Biloxi, Mississippi, Biloxi Gulfport-Biloxi metropolitan area, Metropolitan Statistical Area. Th ...

. He then graduated from

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in 1913. Adam was then elected to the Pass Christian city council. He resigned to fight in

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, and served in the 152nd Infantry, Company G, in France. In 1920, Adam was elected to the Board of Supervisors of

Harrison County, Mississippi Harrison County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census, Harrison County is the second-most populous county in Mississippi with a population of 208,621; although the most recent population estimate from 202 ...

. In 1927, at the age of 33, Adam was elected to the office of

. He held this office from 1928 to 1932. Starting in 1934, Adam was the chairman of the Harrison County Democratic Executive Committee, and Adam held this office for 36 years. From 1956 to 1968, Adam was also the Chairman of the Mississippi State Democratic Executive Committee. Adam died on the night of December 20, 1982, at his home in

Gulfport, Mississippi Gulfport ( ) is a city in Harrison County, Mississippi, United States, and its co-county seat. It had a population of 72,926 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the List of municipalities in Mississippi, second-most populous ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Adam, Bidwell 1894 births 1982 deaths American segregationists Lieutenant governors of Mississippi 20th-century Mississippi politicians People from Pass Christian, Mississippi People from Gulfport, Mississippi United States Army personnel of World War I