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Barlow</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boothby-borunda.html#605.76.62">Spencer Borden</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chalfant-chamberlin.html#529.64.53">Henry Chamberlain</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cox.html#882.80.37">Archibald Cox</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/curtiss-cusey.html#596.98.75">W. Ames Curtright</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/danielson-darke.html#429.98.31">Emil Ames Dapper</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/denniston-denson.html#313.01.62">Samuel Crawford Denson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dentlinger-derousse.html#657.49.29">Willard Ames De Pree</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/frothingham-frusher.html#422.10.20">Louis Adams Frothingham</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hansford-hanzl.html#521.43.39">Hector Ames Hanson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hill7.html#696.41.72">R. Lester Hill</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jackson2.html#096.57.14">Donald Lester Jackson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jacobsen-jalbert.html#246.32.53">Edwin Ames Jaggard</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jones3.html#806.26.60">Elizabeth Ames Jones</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kimball.html#985.55.73">Dan Able Kimball</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mann.html#093.77.34">Edward Ames Mann</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/norton.html#390.50.35">Thomas Herbert Norton</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/payne-payrow.html#594.20.76">Henry Clay Payne</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/perkins.html#129.87.11">Richard Foster Perkins</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/robbins.html#354.98.71">Josiah Robbins</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rogers1.html#966.44.20">Ames Pattison Rogers</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/simspon-sizemore.html#762.51.06">Ames W. Sisson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/somervell-souter.html#136.16.79">Morris Ames Soper</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/spencer.html#748.96.44">Oliver Ames Spencer</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sproat-staebler.html#776.41.01">Raymond Ames Spruance</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/turney-tutt.html#040.41.59">Arch Rollin Tuthill</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/warrick-washers.html#634.80.77">Charles Ames Washburn</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/whipple.html#196.65.67">Merrick Ames Whipple</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/white6.html#351.36.54">Leonard White</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="197.59.70">Ames, Adelbert</a> (1835-1933) — of Lowell, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/MI-lived.html">Middlesex County</a>, Mass. Born in Rockland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/KX-born.html">Knox County</a>, Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1835/10-31.html">October 31, 1835</a>. Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Mississippi</a>, 1868-70, 1874-76; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Mississippi</a>, 1870-74; general in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War. Received the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/medal-of-honor.html">Medal of Honor</a> in 1894 for action in the Battle of Bull Run, July 21, 1861. Died in Ormond (now Ormond Beach), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/VO-died.html">Volusia County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1933/04-12.html">April 12, 1933</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/97.html">97 years, 163 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/MI-buried.html#cms00404">Hildreth Cemetery</a>, Lowell, Mass. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1870/07-21.html">July 21, 1870</a>, to Blanche Butler (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/butler1.html#027.42.42">Benjamin Franklin Butler</a>); father of <a href="#937.43.71">Butler Ames</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10025.html">Ames-Butler family</a> of Lowell, Massachusetts.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000172">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400827">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/adelbert-ames/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adelbert Ames">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/13057">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="351.49.44">Ames, Albert Alonzo</a> (1842-1911) — also known as Albert A. Ames; "Doc" — of Minneapolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/HE-lived.html">Hennepin County</a>, Minn.; California. Born in Garden Prairie, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/BO-born.html">Boone County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1842/01-18.html">January 18, 1842</a>. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">physician</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/sthse.html">Minnesota state house of representatives</a> District 5, 1867; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/minneapolis.html">mayor of Minneapolis, Minn.</a>, 1876-77, 1882-84, 1886-89, 1901-02; resigned 1902; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Minnesota</a>, 1886 (Democratic), 1896 (Independent); delegate to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1888/MN.html">1888</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">indicted</a> in 1902 on <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/bribery.html">bribery</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">charges</a>, over a scheme to induce county commissioners to appoint his secretary, Thomas R. Brown, Jr., as Sheriff. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>. Died, in Minneapolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/HE-died.html">Hennepin County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1911/11-16.html">November 16, 1911</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 302 days</a>). His body was reportedly <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/donated.html">donated to science</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>; ashes interred at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/HE-buried.html#cms00172">Lakewood Cemetery</a>, Minneapolis, Minn. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="#911.07.67">Alfred Elisha Ames</a> and Martha Asenath (Pratt) Ames; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1862/04-21.html">April 21, 1862</a>, to Sarah S. Strout; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="#331.55.57">Oakes Ames</a> and <a href="#054.90.99">Oliver Ames Jr.</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0146.html">Ames family</a> of North Easton, Massachusetts (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/81351176">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=10892">Minnesota Legislator record</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="816.10.17">Ames, Alden</a> — U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CH-consuls.html ">Tientsin</a>, as of 1907. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="911.07.67">Ames, Alfred Elisha</a> (1814-1874) — also known as Alfred E. Ames — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/WN-lived.html">Winnebago County</a>, Ill.; St. Anthony Falls, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/HE-lived.html">Hennepin County</a>, Minn.; Minneapolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/HE-lived.html">Hennepin County</a>, Minn. Born in Colchester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/CH-born.html">Chittenden County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1814/12-13.html">December 13, 1814</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">Physician</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/stsen.html">Illinois state senate</a> 24th District, 1849-50; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/trhs.html">Minnesota territorial House of Representatives</a> 6th District, 1853; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/minneapolis.html#2">Minneapolis, Minn.</a>, 1856-57; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/cncn.html">delegate to Minnesota state constitutional convention</a> 11th District, 1857. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in Minneapolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/HE-died.html">Hennepin County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1874/09-23.html">September 23, 1874</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/59.html">59 years, 284 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/HE-buried.html#cms00172">Lakewood Cemetery</a>, Minneapolis, Minn. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of William 'Billy' Ames and Phebe (Baker) Ames; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1836/">1836</a> to Martha Asenath Pratt; father of <a href="#351.49.44">Albert Alonzo Ames</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams5.html#675.84.63">John Adams</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="#331.55.57">Oakes Ames</a> and <a href="#054.90.99">Oliver Ames Jr.</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="#686.30.96">Oliver Ames</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0146.html">Ames family</a> of North Easton, Massachusetts (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/70192046">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=10893">Minnesota Legislator record</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="899.58.98">Ames, Alfred K.</a> — of Machias, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/WA-lived.html">Washington County</a>, Maine. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/stsen.html">Maine state senate</a> 15th District, 1919-20. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Ames, Allen See <a href="#148.20.20">C. Allen Ames</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="266.89.41">Ames, Allen E.</a> — of Ellicottville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CA-lived.html">Cattaraugus County</a>, N.Y. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CA-parties.html">Chair of Cattaraugus County Republican Party</a>, 1927-29. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Ames, Almer, Jr. See <a href="#592.74.77">Edward Almer Ames Jr.</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="203.45.25">Ames, Ambrose</a> — of Greenfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/FR-lived.html">Franklin County</a>, Mass. Born in Massachusetts. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/greenfield.html#2">Greenfield, Mass.</a>, 1816. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="157.96.20">Ames, Anthony</a> — of Danielsonville (now Danielson), Killingly, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/WI-lived.html">Windham County</a>, Conn. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/killingly.html#6">Warden (borough president) of Danielsonville, Connecticut</a>, 1869, 1878. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="275.45.16">Ames, Arnold</a> — of Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Member of New York American Labor Party Executive Committee, 1949. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="192.43.10">Ames, Benjamin</a> (1778-1835) — of Bath, Lincoln County (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/SA-lived.html">Sagadahoc County</a>), Maine. Born in Andover, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ES-born.html">Essex County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1778/10-30.html">October 30, 1778</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; common pleas court judge in Massachusetts, 1811-14; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/cncn.html">delegate to Maine state constitutional convention</a>, 1819; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Maine</a>, 1821-22. Died in Houlton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/AR-died.html">Aroostook County</a>, Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1835/09-28.html">September 28, 1835</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/56.html">56 years, 333 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/AR-buried.html# ">Soldiers Cemetery</a>, Houlton, Maine. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/benjamin-ames/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin Ames">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/27065869">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="937.43.71">Ames, Butler</a> (1871-1954) — of Lowell, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/MI-lived.html">Middlesex County</a>, Mass. Born in Lowell, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/MI-born.html">Middlesex County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1871/08-22.html">August 22, 1871</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/engineer.html">Engineer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/manufacturing.html">manufacturer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/sthse.html">Massachusetts state house of representatives</a>, 1897-99; colonel in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Massachusetts</a> 5th District, 1903-13; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/MA.html">1916</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/MA.html">1920</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/MA.html">1928</a>. Died in Tewksbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/MI-died.html">Middlesex County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1954/11-06.html">November 6, 1954</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 76 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/MI-buried.html#cms00404">Hildreth Cemetery</a>, Lowell, Mass. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="#197.59.70">Adelbert Ames</a> and Blanche (Butler) Ames; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/butler1.html#027.42.42">Benjamin Franklin Butler</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10025.html">Ames-Butler family</a> of Lowell, Massachusetts.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000173">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400828">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butler Ames">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7500803">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="148.20.20">Ames, C. Allen</a> — of Port Byron, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CY-lived.html">Cayuga County</a>, N.Y. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/NY.html">1956</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="046.96.69">Ames, Calvin</a> — of Port Huron, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/SC-lived.html">St. Clair County</a>, Mich. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/porthuron.html">Mayor of Port Huron, Mich.</a>, 1861-62. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="019.73.32">Ames, Charles V.</a> — of Portage Township (now Portage), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/KZ-lived.html">Kalamazoo County</a>, Mich. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/portage.html#3">supervisor of Portage Township, Michigan</a>, 1913. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="102.01.46">Ames, Charles W.</a> — of Lynn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ES-lived.html">Essex County</a>, Mass. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/sthse.html">Massachusetts state house of representatives</a> Twelfth Essex District, 1923-24. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="270.16.15">Ames, Cheney</a> (1808-1892) — of Oswego, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OS-lived.html">Oswego County</a>, N.Y. Born in Mexico, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OS-born.html">Oswego County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1808/06-19.html">June 19, 1808</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/hats.html">Hatter</a>; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/oswego.html#3">Oswego, N.Y.</a>, 1849-53, 1877-81; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 21st District, 1858-59, 1864-65; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War. Died in Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-died.html">Cook County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1892/09-14.html">September 14, 1892</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/84.html">84 years, 87 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OS-buried.html#cms00614">Riverside Cemetery</a>, Scriba town, Oswego County, N.Y. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Leonard Ames and Minerva (Peck) Ames; brother of <a href="#429.68.50">Leonard Ames Jr.</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1834/10-23.html">October 23, 1834</a>, to Emily North; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1854/">1854</a> to Katherine 'Kate' Browne; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/humphries-hunsinger.html#719.29.23">Orville Hungerford</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/read.html#516.26.90">Nathan Read</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0082.html">Weeks-Bigelow-Andrew-Upham family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0168.html">Conger-Hungerford family</a> of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheney Ames">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/78734914">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="708.41.22">Ames, DeHart H.</a> (b. 1872) — of Franklinville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CA-lived.html">Cattaraugus County</a>, N.Y. Born in Great Valley town, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CA-born.html">Cattaraugus County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1872/01-30.html">January 30, 1872</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CA-officials.html">Cattaraugus County Sheriff</a>, 1907-09; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">real estate business</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Cattaraugus County, 1915-20; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 51st District, 1921-24; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/cncn8.html">delegate to New York state constitutional convention</a> 51st District, 1938. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish-rite-masons.html">Scottish Rite Masons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/royal-arch-masons.html">Royal Arch Masons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Ames, E. Almer, Jr. See <a href="#592.74.77">Edward Almer Ames Jr.</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="686.78.85">Ames, Earl</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/WA-lived.html">Washington County</a>, Pa. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/WA-parties.html">Chair of Washington County Democratic Party</a>, 1937. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="592.74.77">Ames, Edward Almer, Jr.</a> (1903-1987) — also known as E. Almer Ames, Jr. — of Accomac, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/AC-lived.html">Accomack County</a>, Va. Born in Onley, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/AC-born.html">Accomack County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/01-22.html">January 22, 1903</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/AC-officials.html">Accomack County Commonwealth Attorney</a>, 1943-55; vice-president, First National <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Bank</a>, Onancock, Va.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/AC-parties.html">chair of Accomack County Democratic Party</a>, 1948-67; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/VA.html">1952</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/stsen.html">Virginia state senate</a> 1st District, 1956-67; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/VA.html">Virginia Democratic State Central Committee</a>, 1956. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/ruritan.html">Ruritan</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/ord-coif.html">Order of the Coif</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-phi.html">Phi Delta Phi</a>. Died in May, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1987/index.html">1987</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/84.html">84 years, 0 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Edward Almer Ames and Lena E. (Trower) Ames; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1936/01-08.html">January 8, 1936</a>, to Elizabeth Johnson Melson.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="359.78.12">Ames, Edward Winslow</a> (b. 1874) — Born in Wakefield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/MI-born.html">Middlesex County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1874/index.html">1874</a>. U.S. Vice Consul General in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/BZ-consuls.html ">Rio de Janeiro</a>, as of 1902. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="030.79.12">Ames, Eli B.</a> — of Illinois. U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GR-consuls.html ">Hamburg</a>, 1855-58. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="345.45.87">Ames, Eli B.</a> (1820-1897) — of Minneapolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/HE-lived.html">Hennepin County</a>, Minn. Born in Colchester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/CH-born.html">Chittenden County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1820/08-03.html">August 3, 1820</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/minneapolis.html">mayor of Minneapolis, Minn.</a>, 1870-72. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1897/02-12.html">February 12, 1897</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 193 days</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Ames, Ellis, Sr. See <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/eachus-earlston.html#819.69.51">Ellis Eames</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="067.24.76">Ames, Emma L.</a> — of Putnam Heights, Putnam, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/WI-lived.html">Windham County</a>, Conn. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/putnam.html#5">Putnam Heights, Conn.</a>, 1876-1900. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="600.27.13">Ames, F. W.</a> — of Titusville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CR-lived.html">Crawford County</a>, Pa. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/titusville.html#2">Burgess of Titusville, Pennsylvania</a>, 1864-65. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="655.59.91">Ames, Fisher</a> (1758-1808) — of Massachusetts. Born in Dedham, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/NO-born.html">Norfolk County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1758/04-09.html">April 9, 1758</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/sthse.html">Massachusetts state house of representatives</a>, 1788; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Massachusetts</a>, 1789-97 (1st District 1789-95, 6th District 1795-97); member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/gvcn.html">Massachusetts Governor's Council</a>, 1798-1800. Died in Dedham, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/NO-died.html">Norfolk County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1808/07-04.html">July 4, 1808</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/50.html">50 years, 86 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/NO-buried.html#cms00998">Old Village Cemetery</a>, Dedham, Mass. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000174">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400829">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="156.86.65">Ames, Francis</a> — of Douglas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/CO-lived.html">Cochise County</a>, Ariz. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arizona, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/AZ.html">1944</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/committees.html">Committee to Notify Presidential Nominee</a>). Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="286.08.88">Ames, Galen</a> — of Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/HA-lived.html">Hampden County</a>, Mass. Whig. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/springfield.html#2">Springfield, Mass.</a>, 1844-45. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="628.19.85">Ames, George T.</a> (born c.1926) — of Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Born about 1926. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/barber.html">barber</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a> 13th District, 1954; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 14th District, 1965. Still living as of 1965. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Ames, Grandville G. See <a href="#550.84.35">Granville G. Ames</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="550.84.35">Ames, Granville G.</a> (1852-1914) — also known as Grandville G. Ames — of Portland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/MU-lived.html">Multnomah County</a>, Ore. Born in Sheboygan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/SH-born.html">Sheboygan County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1852/index.html">1852</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CR-consuls.html">Consul for Costa Rica</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/MU-consuls.html">Portland, Ore.</a>, 1896-1907. Died, in Emanuel <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Portland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/MU-died.html">Multnomah County</a>, Ore., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1914/12-31.html">December 31, 1914</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/62.html">about 62 years</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Isaac Ames and Roana (Witt) Ames; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1880/">1880</a> to Alma Muzzy; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1904/">1904</a> to Minnie B. Robb.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="666.55.50">Ames, Hector C.</a> — of New York. U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GO-consuls.html ">Acapulco</a>, 1852-53. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Ames, Henry See <a href="#759.13.16">Hermes Luther Ames</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="881.05.61">Ames, Henry S.</a> — of Orange, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/FR-lived.html">Franklin County</a>, Mass. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/sthse.html">Massachusetts state house of representatives</a> Fourth Franklin District, 1905. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="861.17.40">Ames, Herbert M.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Wayne County 1st District, 1950, 1952. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="297.41.20">Ames, Herbert T.</a> — of Pennsylvania. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania; Prohibition candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania</a>, 1916; Prohibition candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Pennsylvania</a>, 1934. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="522.50.34">Ames, Herbert Thomas</a> — also known as Herbert T. Ames — of Williamsport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LY-lived.html">Lycoming County</a>, Pa. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/TI-born.html">Tioga County</a>, Pa. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/williamsport.html">mayor of Williamsport, Pa.</a>, 1929. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Thomas W. Ames and Mary A. (Card) Ames.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="759.13.16">Ames, Hermes Luther</a> (1865-1920) — also known as Hermes L. Ames; Henry Ames — of Falconer, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CH-lived.html">Chautauqua County</a>, N.Y. Born in Carroll town, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CH-born.html">Chautauqua County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1865/10-28.html">October 28, 1865</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">school teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmsupply.html">hay dealer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/grain.html">milling business</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Chautauqua County 1st District, 1918-20; defeated (Prohibition), 1916; died in office 1920. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/un-comm-travelers.html">United Commercial Travelers</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/grange.html">Grange</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1920/08-23.html">August 23, 1920</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/54.html">54 years, 300 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Loretta Woodward (Tiller) Ames and Ezra Wales Ames; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1894/06-20.html">June 20, 1894</a>, to Minta E. Brunson.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="390.84.45">Ames, Irma M.</a> — of Lewisburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/UN-lived.html">Union County</a>, Pa. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1972/PA.html">1972</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1972. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="402.58.87">Ames, J. O.</a> — of Louisville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/JF-lived.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ky. Democrat. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Kentucky. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="945.85.23">Ames, James W.</a> (1864-1944) — of Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Born in New Orleans, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/OR-born.html">Orleans Parish</a>, La., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1864/10-12.html">October 12, 1864</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">Physician</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Wayne County 1st District, 1901-02; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1908/MI.html">1908</a>; candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. One of the founders of Dunbar <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/hospital-biz.html">Hospital</a> (1918). Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1944/index.html">1944</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">about 79 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-buried.html#cms00088">Elmwood Cemetery</a>, Detroit, Mich. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7316936">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="909.19.81">Ames, James W.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a> 1st District, 1932. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="868.88.05">Ames, Jesse</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/RI-lived.html">Rice County</a>, Minn. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1868/MN.html">1868</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/sthse.html">Minnesota state house of representatives</a> District 8, 1868. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=10894">Minnesota Legislator record</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="581.96.97">Ames, Mrs. Jesse D.</a> — of Georgetown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/WM-lived.html">Williamson County</a>, Tex. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/TX.html">1924</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/TX.html">1928</a> (alternate). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="371.62.53">Ames, John C.</a> — of Sterling, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/WI-lived.html">Windham County</a>, Conn. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Sterling, 1838; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/stsen.html">Connecticut state senate</a> 13th District, 1849. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="599.40.16">Ames, John C.</a> — of Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/ILcc nCH">U.S. Collector of Customs</a>, 1909. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="392.57.64">Ames, John E.</a> — of Niles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BE-lived.html">Berrien County</a>, Mich. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/niles.html">Mayor of Niles, Mich.</a>, 1936-37. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="315.88.71">Ames, John S., Jr.</a> — of Easton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BR-lived.html">Bristol County</a>, Mass. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/gvcn.html">Massachusetts Governor's Council</a> 1st District, 1948; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/MA.html">1952</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/MA.html">1956</a> (alternate). Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="380.83.36">Ames, John S. III</a> — of Easton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BR-lived.html">Bristol County</a>, Mass. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1972/MA.html">1972</a>. Still living as of 1972. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="993.23.76">Ames, Jonathan T.</a> — Candidate for Presidential Elector for California. Still living as of 1972. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="650.66.71">Ames, Joseph G.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BE-lived.html">Berrien County</a>, Mich. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Berrien County, 1844. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="108.09.50">Ames, Josiah P.</a> — of California. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a> 8th District, 1877-80. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="429.68.50">Ames, Leonard, Jr.</a> (1818-1899) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OS-lived.html">Oswego County</a>, N.Y. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1818/02-08.html">February 8, 1818</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Oswego County 2nd District, 1857. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/11-11.html">November 11, 1899</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 276 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OS-buried.html#cms00614">Riverside Cemetery</a>, Scriba town, Oswego County, N.Y. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Leonard Ames and Minerva (Peck) Ames; brother of <a href="#270.16.15">Cheney Ames</a>; married to Charlotte Tanner and Anna Marie Allen; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/humphries-hunsinger.html#719.29.23">Orville Hungerford</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/read.html#516.26.90">Nathan Read</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0051.html">Upham family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0082.html">Weeks-Bigelow-Andrew-Upham family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0121.html">Saltonstall-Weeks family</a> of Massachusetts; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0134.html">Hamlin-Bemis family</a> of Bangor, Maine; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/18705682">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="147.94.56">Ames, Leslie D.</a> — of Camden, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/KX-lived.html">Knox County</a>, Maine. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/camden.html#2">Camden, Maine</a>, 1931. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="587.82.02">Ames, Marie B.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-lived.html">St. Louis</a>, Mo. Independent candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/cncn6.html">delegate to Missouri state constitutional convention</a> at-large, 1922. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="054.10.22">Ames, Michael E.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Wayne County, 1846. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="165.57.11">Ames, Michael E.</a> (1822-1861) — of Stillwater, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/WA-lived.html">Washington County</a>, Minn.; St. Paul, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/RA-lived.html">Ramsey County</a>, Minn. Born in Vermont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1822/index.html">1822</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/trhs.html">Minnesota territorial House of Representatives</a> 2nd District, 1851; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/thspkr.html">Speaker of Minnesota Territory House of Representatives</a>, 1851; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/cncn.html">delegate to Minnesota state constitutional convention</a> 2nd District, 1857. Died in St. Paul, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/RA-died.html">Ramsey County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1861/index.html">1861</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/39.html">about 39 years</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=10895">Minnesota Legislator record</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="331.55.57">Ames, Oakes</a> (1804-1873) — of North Easton, Easton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BR-lived.html">Bristol County</a>, Mass. Born in Easton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BR-born.html">Bristol County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1804/01-10.html">January 10, 1804</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Massachusetts</a> 2nd District, 1863-73. He and his brother <a href="#054.90.99">Oliver Ames</a>, president of the Union Pacific Railroad, prime movers in construction of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/first.html">first</a> transcontinental <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">railroad line</a>, completed in 1869; he was as <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">censured</a> by the House of Representatives in 1873 for his role in the Credit Mobilier <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/bribery.html">bribery</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">scandal</a>. Died in Easton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BR-died.html">Bristol County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1873/05-08.html">May 8, 1873</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 118 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BR-buried.html#cms03499">Village Cemetery</a>, North Easton, Easton, Mass.; memorial monument at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WY/AL-buried.html# ">Oliver and Oakes Ames Monument</a>, Sherman, Wyo. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Oliver Ames (1779-1863) and Susannah (Angier) Ames; brother of <a href="#054.90.99">Oliver Ames Jr.</a>; married to Eveline Gilmore; father of <a href="#686.30.96">Oliver Ames (1831-1895)</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams5.html#675.84.63">John Adams</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="#911.07.67">Alfred Elisha Ames</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="#351.49.44">Albert Alonzo Ames</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0146.html">Ames family</a> of North Easton, Massachusetts (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">The <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-cities.html">city</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ST-names.html">Ames, Iowa</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — The <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-cities.html">community</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/DD-names.html">Ames, Nebraska</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000175">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400830">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/24234645">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="054.90.99">Ames, Oliver, Jr.</a> (1807-1877) — Born in Plymouth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/PL-born.html">Plymouth County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1807/11-05.html">November 5, 1807</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/manufacturing.html">Shovel manufacturer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/stsen.html">Massachusetts state senate</a>, 1852, 1857; president, Union Pacific <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">Railroad</a>; he and his brother <a href="#331.55.57">Oakes Ames</a> were prime movers in construction of the first transcontinental railroad line. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1877/03-09.html">March 9, 1877</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 124 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BR-buried.html#cms03499">Village Cemetery</a>, North Easton, Easton, Mass.; memorial monument at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WY/AL-buried.html# ">Oliver and Oakes Ames Monument</a>, Sherman, Wyo. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Oliver Ames (1779-1863) and Susannah (Angier) Ames; brother of <a href="#331.55.57">Oakes Ames</a>; married to Sarah Lothrop; uncle of <a href="#686.30.96">Oliver Ames (1831-1895)</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams5.html#675.84.63">John Adams</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="#911.07.67">Alfred Elisha Ames</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="#351.49.44">Albert Alonzo Ames</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0146.html">Ames family</a> of North Easton, Massachusetts (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/38525478">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="686.30.96">Ames, Oliver</a> (1831-1895) — of North Easton, Easton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BR-lived.html">Bristol County</a>, Mass. Born in North Easton, Easton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BR-born.html">Bristol County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1831/02-04.html">February 4, 1831</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/manufacturing.html">Shovel manufacturer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/stsen.html">Massachusetts state senate</a>; elected 1880; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts</a>, 1883-87; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Massachusetts</a>, 1887-90. Died in North Easton, Easton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BR-died.html">Bristol County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1895/10-22.html">October 22, 1895</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">64 years, 260 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BR-buried.html#cms03499">Village Cemetery</a>, North Easton, Easton, Mass. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="#331.55.57">Oakes Ames</a> and Eveline (Gilmore) Ames; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1860/03-14.html">March 14, 1860</a>, to Anna Coffin Ray; nephew of <a href="#054.90.99">Oliver Ames Jr.</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="#911.07.67">Alfred Elisha Ames</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0146.html">Ames family</a> of North Easton, Massachusetts (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/oliver-ames/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver Ames">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/15300593">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="136.15.14">Ames, Robert</a> — of Coaldale, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/SC-lived.html">Schuylkill County</a>, Pa. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2008/PA.html">2008</a>. Still living as of 2008. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="111.14.69">Ames, Samuel</a> — of Providence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/PR-lived.html">Providence County</a>, R.I. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/spkr.html">Speaker of the Rhode Island State House of Representatives</a>, 1844-45. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="374.27.47">Ames, Samuel</a> — of Keeseville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ES-lived.html">Essex County</a>, N.Y. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 16th District, 1872-73. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="061.60.98">Ames, Scott A.</a> — of West Warren, Warren, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/KX-lived.html">Knox County</a>, Maine. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/warren.html#7">West Warren, Maine</a>, 1893-1901. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="000.28.01">Ames, Seth</a> — of Massachusetts. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/spju.html">Justice of Massachusetts state supreme court</a>, 1869-81. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="597.85.95">Ames, Sylvester W.</a> — of Putnam Heights, Putnam, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/WI-lived.html">Windham County</a>, Conn. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/putnam.html#5">Putnam Heights, Conn.</a>, 1876. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="158.70.11">Ames, T. M.</a> — of California. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a> 18th District, 1862-63. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="464.54.48">Ames, Vera</a> — of Paterson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/PA-lived.html">Passaic County</a>, N.J. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1988/NJ.html">1988</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1988. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="297.66.95">Ames, Walker</a> — of De Soto, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JF-lived.html">Jefferson County</a>, Mo. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/desoto.html">Mayor of De Soto, Mo.</a>, 1967. Still living as of 1967. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="137.25.49">Ames, Wallace</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/LR-lived.html">Lenoir County</a>, N.C. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/sthse.html">North Carolina state house of representatives</a> from Lenoir County, 1868-69. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="756.39.41">Ames, Walter W.</a> (born c.1905) — of Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Born in Algonac, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/SC-born.html">St. Clair County</a>, Mich., about 1905. Republican. Republican candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Wayne County 1st District, 1940 (primary), 1944 (primary), 1948, 1950, 1952 (primary); candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 5th District, 1946. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="060.15.10">Ames, Warner</a> — Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/stsen.html">Virginia state senate</a> 1st District, 1924-27. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="049.61.91">Ames, William A.</a> — of New London, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NL-lived.html">New London County</a>, Conn. Prohibition candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from New London, 1910; member of Connecticut Prohibition Party State Executive Committee, 1922-27. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="101.47.06">Ames, William H.</a> (b. 1861) — of Easton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BR-lived.html">Bristol County</a>, Mass. Born in North Easton, Easton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BR-born.html">Bristol County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1861/03-01.html">March 1, 1861</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/manufacturing.html">Manufacturer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/sthse.html">Massachusetts state house of representatives</a> Second Bristol District, 1905-06. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="546.48.68">Ames, William L.</a> (1846-1910) — of St. Paul, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/RA-lived.html">Ramsey County</a>, Minn. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1846/index.html">1846</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">real estate business</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/sthse.html">Minnesota state house of representatives</a> District 25, 1891-92. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1910/index.html">1910</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">about 64 years</a>). 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