Having engaged in the manufacture of knit underwear and in banking , Adams retired from the active world of commerce in 1870 and served as first Mayor of Cohoes , New York from 1870 to 1872 . He was a delegate to the 1872 Republican National Convention in Philadelphia and a member of the New York State Senate ( 13th District ) in 1872 and 1873 . He was United States commissioner from New York to the Vienna Exposition in 1873
1872 Republican National Convention
1872 Republican National Convention
Charles H. Adams (New York politician)