born Aug. 18, 1807, Boston, Mass., U.S.
died Nov. 21, 1886, Boston
U.S. diplomat.
The son of John Adams , he served in the Massachusetts legislature and edited a Whig journal. He helped form the antislavery {{link=Free-Soil Party">Free-Soil Party and in 1848 was chosen its candidate for U.S. vice president. As ambassador to Britain (1861–68) he was instrumental in securing Britain's neutrality during the American Civil War and in promoting the arbitration of the Alabama claims .
Charles Francis Adams
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.