Robert Adams Jr., a 57-year-old white male, was a long-serving Republican congressman from Pennsylvania’s 2nd District and a former United States minister to Brazil, known in Washington for his cultivated manner, wide circle of social acquaintances, and long record of public service. Born in Philadelphia on February 26, 1849, and educated at the University of Pennsylvania and later the Wharton School, he had already lived several careers by the time he reached the Capitol: explorer with the Un
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