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  Ames, Oakes
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AffiliationRepublican  
 
NameOakes Ames
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North Easton, Massachusetts , United States
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Born January 10, 1804
DiedMay 08, 1873 (69 years)
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Last ModifedJuan Croniqueur
Jan 10, 2024 12:20am
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InfoAMES, Oakes, a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Easton, Mass., January 10, 1804; attended the public schools and Dighton (Mass.) Academy; engaged in the manufacture of shovels in North Easton; member of the executive council of Massachusetts in 1860; elected as a Republican to the Thirty-eighth and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1863-March 3, 1873); was not a candidate for renomination in 1872; instrumental in accomplishing the construction of the first transcontinental railroad; censured by the House of Representatives on February 27, 1873, for “seeking to procure congressional attention to the affairs of a corporation in which he was interested,” which was in connection with the Crédit Mobilier; in 1883 the legislature of Massachusetts passed resolutions of gratitude for his work and faith in his integrity and petitioned the United States Congress to extend him a like acknowledgment; died in North Easton, Mass., May 8, 1873; interment in Unity Cemetery.

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Son Oliver Ames 1831-1895

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  11/08/1870 MA District 2 Won 60.15% (+20.98%)
  11/03/1868 MA District 2 Won 71.80% (+43.59%)
  11/06/1866 MA District 2 Won 79.60% (+59.19%)
  11/08/1864 MA District 2 Won 72.07% (+44.15%)
  11/04/1862 MA District 2 Won 61.08% (+22.16%)
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