What is Alma Adams?
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2019}} {{Infobox officeholder |name = Alma Adams |image = Alma Adams official portrait.jpg |state = [[North Carolina]] |district = {{ushr|NC|12|12th}} |term_start = November 4, 2014 |term_end = |predecessor = [[Mel Watt]] |successor = |state_house1 = North Carolina |district1 = 58th |term_start1 = 1994 |term_end1 = 2014 |predecessor1 = Herman Gist |successor1 = [[Ralph C. Johnson]] |birth_name = Alma Shealey |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1946|5|27}} |birth_place = [[High Point, North Carolina]], U.S. |death_date = |death_place = |party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] |spouse = |children = 2 |education = [[North Carolina A&T State University]] ([[Bachelor of Science|BS]], [[Master of Science|MS]])<br>[[Ohio State University]] ([[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]]) |website = {{url|adams.house.gov|House website}} }} '''Alma Shealey Adams''' (born May 27, 1946) is an American politician who represents [[North Carolina's 12th congressional district]] in the [[United States House of Representatives]]. She is a [[United States Democratic Party|Democrat]]. Adams served as a member of the [[North Carolina General Assembly]] representing the state's 58th [[North Carolina House of Representatives|House]] district in Guilford County from her appointment in April 1994 until her election to Congress. She was succeeded by [[Ralph C. Johnson]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://enr.ncsbe.gov/ElectionResults/contest_details.aspx?election_dt=11/4/2014&county_id=0&contest_id=1188 |title=NC SBE Contest Results |access-date=December 12, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150511173922/http://enr.ncsbe.gov/ElectionResults/contest_details.aspx?election_dt=11%2F4%2F2014&county_id=0&contest_id=1188 |archive-date=May 11, 2015}}</ref> A college administrator and art professor from [[Greensboro]], Adams is known for the many distinctive [[hat]]s that she wears (she claims to own 900).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://