Charles Francis Adams, Jr. (May 27, 1835 – May 20, 1915), a member of the prominent Adams political family and son of Charles Francis Adams, Sr., graduated at Harvard in 1856, and served on the Union side in the American Civil War, receiving in 1865 the brevet of brigadier-general in the regular army. Following the Civil War, he was appointed to the Massachusetts Railroad Commission. There he attempted to persuade (rather than coerce) railroads into compliance with accepted business norms. Thomas McCraw called Adams's approach to regulation "the Sunshine Commission," as the purpose of the commission was to expose the corrupt business practices to the light of day in hopes that, once out in the open, the businessmen would be shamed into mending their ways. It was for this reason that he wrote "Chapters of Erie." His regulatory philosophy, though, was biased, not in favor of protecting consumers, but towards protecting the class of businessmen. He saw regulation as necessary to protect investors and other businessmen from the capriciousness of a hostile public or the machinations of other unscruplous stock jobbers.^[1] May 27 is the 147th day (148th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 218 days remaining. ... | Come and take it, slogan of the Texas Revolution 1835 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 20 May is the 140th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (141st in leap years). ... 1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... For the macabre group of characters created by Charles Addams and featured in cartoons, television, and movies, see The Addams Family. ... Charles Francis Adams (August 18, 1807, Boston - November 21, 1886, Boston), the son of John Quincy Adams and Louisa Adams, was an American lawyer, politician, diplomat and writer. ... Harvard University is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, and a member of the Ivy League. ... 1856 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Combatants United States of America Confederate States of America Commanders Abraham Lincoln Ulysses S. Grant Jefferson Davis Robert E. Lee Strength 1,556,678 1,064,200 Casualties KIA: 110,100 Total dead: 359,500 Wounded: 275,200 KIA: 74,500 Total dead: 198,500 Wounded: 137,000+  {{{notes}}} The... 1865 is a common year starting on Sunday. ... Brigadier General (sometimes known as a one-star general from the United States insignia) is the lowest rank of general officer in the United States and other countries, ranking just above Colonel and just below Major General. ...

He was president of the Union Pacific Railroad from 1884 to 1890, having previously become widely known as an authority on the management of railways. Among his writings are Railroads, Their Origin and Problems (1878). The Union Pacific Railroad NYSE: UNP is the largest railroad in the United States. ... 1884 (MDCCCLXXXIV) is a leap year starting on Tuesday (click on link to calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1890 (MDCCCXC) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar). ... 1878 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...

His son Charles Francis Adams was Secretary of the Navy and a renowned yachtsman. Charles Francis Adams III (2 August 1866 _ 1954) was the United States Secretary of the Navy under Herbert Hoover and well-known as a yachtsman. ... Flag of the United States Secretary of the Navy. ...

Bibliography

Railroads: Their Origin and Problems. (1878)

Three Episodes of Massachusetts History. (1892)

Antinomianism in the Colony of Massachusetts Bay, 1636-38. (1894)

"Imperialism" and "The Tracks of Our Forefathers." (1898)

"'Tis Sixty Years Since." (1913)

References

• Soylent Communications (2005), Charles Francis Adams, Jr.. Retrieved February 21, 2005.
• Kirkland, Edward C. Charles Francis Adams Jr., 1835-1915: Patrician at Bay. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1967.
• McCraw, Thomas K. Prophets of Regulation: Charles Francis Adams, Louis D. Brandeis, James M. Landis, Alfred E. Kahn. Cambridge: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1984.

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External links

• Texas and the Massachusetts Resolutions, by Charles Francis Adams, published 1844, hosted by the Portal to Texas History.
• Works by Charles Francis Adams, Jr. at Project Gutenberg
• Essays by Charles F. Adams, Jr.

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Notes

1. ^  Clay McShane discusses Adams's regulatory philosophy in Technology and Reform: Street Railways and the Growth of Milwaukee, 1887-1900 (Madison: State Historical Society of Wisconsin for the Department of History, University of Wisconsin, 1974), 26-28.