Elmer Ellsworth Adams (December 31, 1861 – May 24, 1950) was an American businessman, newspaper editor, and politician. Adams was born in Waterbury, Vermont and moved to

Fergus Falls Fergus Falls is a city in and the county seat of Otter Tail County, Minnesota, Otter Tail County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 14,119 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. History The falls from which the city gets par ...

Otter Tail County Otter Tail County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2020 census, its population was 60,081. Its county seat is Fergus Falls. Otter Tail County comprises the Fergus Falls micropolitan statistical area. With 1,048 lakes in it ...

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, in 1878. He graduated from

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in 1884. Adams was the editor of ''The Fergus Falls Journal.'' He was also involved in the banking and milling businesses. Adams served in the Minnesota House of Representatives from 1905 to 1910, in 1915 and 1916, and in 1919 and 1920. He then served in the Minnesota Senate from 1931 to 1934 and from 1939 to 1942. Adams was a Republican.Minnesota Legislators: Past & Present-Elmer Ellsworth Adams
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1861 births 1950 deaths People from Fergus Falls, Minnesota People from Waterbury, Vermont University of Minnesota alumni Businesspeople from Minnesota Editors of Minnesota newspapers Members of the Minnesota House of Representatives Minnesota state senators {{Minnesota-politician-stub