OVERVIEW:

FULL NAME:
Charles Francis Adams Sr.

BORN:
August 18, 1807
Boston, Massachusetts
Son of John Quincy Adams
Grandson of John Adams

DIED:
November 21, 1886 (age 79)
Boston, Massachusetts

EDUCATION:
Harvard University (1825)

POLITICAL PARTY:
Whig (Before 1848)
Free Soil (1848–1854)
Republican (1854–1870)
Liberal Republican (1870–1872)
Anti-Masonic (1872–1876)
Democratic (1876–1886)

HIGHLIGHTS:
1829:
Admitted to Bar,
Began Practicing Law in Boston, Massachusetts
1841-1843:
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
1844-1845:
Member of the Massachusetts State Senate 
1846:
Founded the Boston Whig newspaper
1848:
Unsuccessful Free Soil Candidate for Vice President
1859-1861:
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts
1861-1868:
U.S. Minister to England

RESOURCES: 
Massachusetts Historical Society
Biographical Directory of Congress
Wikipedia
Civil War Diaries (MHS)