This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CI.2ADEB/9351 Message Board Post: Oregon Republican League: Republican League Register of Oregon, The Register Publishing Company, 1896, page 171. ADAMS, HON. WILLIAM H., of Portland, and son of W.L. Adams, was born in Yamhill County, March 12, 1851. He attended McMinnville College and Monmouth College, and was admitted to the bar in 1874. He was appointed Deputy City Attorney and in July, 1874, Police Judge of Portland, serving till January, 1879. In 1882 he was elected to the City Council, and again in 1884. In 1883 hw was its President. In 1887 he was elected City Attorney, and again in 1889. He has been a member of conventions and several times Chairman of the City Central Committee, and has done good work on the stump. -Tony Larson