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 held multiple congressional seats within the United States House of Representatives. Initially, he was a representative for the 8th District in the forty-eighth Congress from March 4, 1883 to March 3, 1885, and later represented the 7th district in the fiftieth Congress.