Elected to the United States House of Representatives from two different districts, Adams represented the 8th District in the forty-eighth United States Congress from March 4, 1883 to March 3, 1885. He then represented the 7th district in the Fiftieth United States Congress from March 4, 1885 to March 3, 1887.
Adams served as a U.S. House of Representatives representative for two different districts. He first represented the 8th District during the forty-eighth Congress from March 4, 1883 to March 3, 1885, and then represented the 7th district in the fiftieth Congress.