Biography of 	Adams, St. Clair; Orleans Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by 	Mike Miller January 1998

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Adams, St. Clair, lawyer, is a native son of Louisiana, born in the city of
New Orleans, Oct. 26, 1878.  His father, Joseph Sinclair Adams, was born in
South Carolina, and was a son of Rev. John Adams of that state.  Joseph S.
Adams was educated at the University of Virginia; was a law graduate of Tulane
university; practiced law in New Orleans, and died here when only twenty-nine
years of age.  He married Miss Augusta Pugh, and left three children, namely,
Margaret, St. Clair and Sturges Adams.  St. Clair Adams was reared in New
Orleans; attended the public schools, graduated in the law from Tulane
university in 1900, and immediately began the practice of law in New Orleans. 
From 1900 to 1904 he was assistant district attorney; was assistant city
attorney from 1904 to 1908, and district attorney from 1908 to 1913.  In all
of these positions Mr. Adams served with exceptional ability.  His services as
district attorney were of unusual capability, his record in the office being
such as to win for him an enviable reputation.  Mr. Adams is a member of the
American bar association, and a member of the executive committee of the
Louisiana state bar association.  He is a member of the Pickwick and the
Chess, Checkers and Whist clubs.  In 1902 he married Miss Elizabeth, the
daughter of Gen. Euclid Borland, of New Orleans, and is the father of four
children:  Charlotte, Beatrice, Elizabeth and St. Clair.

Source:  Louisiana:  Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, Events,
Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form (volume 3), pp. 19-20. 
Edited by Alcée Fortier, Lit.D.  Published in 1914, by Century Historical
Association.