[1] Adams began his political training working closely with Lee Atwater, another native of Columbia, SC, on the Presidential Campaign for then Vice President George H. W. Bush in 1988.
In 1991, with President George H. W. Bush running for reelection, Adams was brought into the campaign as the executive director in South Carolina.
Robert and his brother Weston Adams III are noted conservationists and were successful in their political campaign opposing the Green Diamond Development outside of Columbia, SC.
[4] [5] [6] Historic preservation and improving race relations were important to Adams, and his work in these areas gained national attention.
Congressman Joe Wilson gave his sympathy to the family of Robert Adams VI on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives on January 28, 2019.