Brock Adams

A Representative and a Senator from Washington. Born in Atlanta, Ga. , on January 13, 1927. Attended the public schools in Portland, Oreg. Graduated, University of Washington, Seattle 1949. Graduated, Harvard Law School 1952. Served in the United States Navy 1944-1946. Admitted to the Washington State bar in 1952 and began practice in Seattle. Taught law, American Institute of Banking 1954-1960. United States attorney for the Western District of Washington 1961-1964. Elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-ninth and to the six succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, 1965, until his resignation on January 22, 1977. Chairman, Committee on the Budget (Ninety-fourth Congress). Secretary of Transportation in the Cabinet of President Jimmy Carter 1977-1979. Resumed the practice of law in Washington State. Elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1986, and served from January 3, 1987, to January 3, 1993. Was not a candidate for reelection in 1992. Was a resident of Stevensville, Md. , until his death, due to complications of Parkinson's disease, on September 10, 2004. Interment in Broad Creek Cemetery in Stevensville.