Levi Adams

{{short description|19th century American politician}}

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{{infobox officeholder

|name = Levi Adams

|office = Member of the Council of Appointment

| term_start = 1820

| term_end = 1821

| predecessor =

| successor =

|state1 = New York

|state_senate1 = New York

|district1 = Lewis County

| term_start1 = 1818

| term_end1 = 1822

| predecessor1 =

| successor1 =

|party =

|birth_date = {{birth date|1762|12|30}}

|birth_place = Simsbury, Connecticut Colony

|death_date = {{death date and age|1831|6|18|1762|12|30}}

|death_place =

|restingplace = East Road Cemetery, {{nobreak|Lowville, New York}}

|spouse = {{marriage|Ruth Stevens1892|1831}}

|children = {{unbulleted list

| Levi Finch Adams

| {{sup|(b. 1788; died 1855)}}

| Dillon Adams

| {{sup|(b. 1797; died 1812)}}

| James Madison Adams

| {{sup|(b. 1813; died 1864)}}

}}

|allegiance = United States

|branch = New York Militia

|battles = American Revolutionary War

}}

Levi Adams (December 30, 1762{{snd}}June 18, 1831) was an American farmer and politician. He served in the New York Senate from 1818 through 1822, representing Lewis County, and was a member of New York's Council of Appointment in 1820. As a young man during the American Revolutionary War, he served in the New York militia.{{cite web|title=Adams|url=http://www.seeleycreekvalleyfarm.com/a_seeley.pdf|website=Seeley Valley Creek Farm|accessdate=28 December 2017|ref=svcf}}{{cite book|url= https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89064053028 |title= Portrait and Biographical Album of Fond Du Lac County, Wisconsin |year= 1889 |publisher= Acme Publishing Co. |location= Chicago |pages= 325–326|access-date= February 4, 2022 }}

His youngest son, James M. Adams, became a prominent physician and pioneer settler at Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. Two of his grandsons died in the service of the Union Army during the American Civil War.