Butler Ames

Butler Ames (born August 22, 1871 in Lowell , Massachusetts , †  November 6, 1954 in Tewksbury , Massachusetts) was an American politician . Between 1903 and 1913 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Butler Ames was the son of Adelbert Ames (1835–1933), a general in the Union Army during the Civil War . His grandfather was Benjamin Franklin Butler (1818-1893), who was also a Union General in the Civil War. He attended the common schools and Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter ( New Hampshire ). In 1894 he graduated from the US Military Academy at West Point and was shortly thereafter as a lieutenant in the United States Army . He then studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology until 1896 . In the following years he worked in the electrical-mechanical trade. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Republican Party . In 1896 he was a member of the Lowell Town Council. Between 1897 and 1899 he was an MP in the Massachusetts House of Representatives . During the Spanish-American War of 1898 Ames rose to lieutenant colonel and served in various functions.

In the congressional elections of 1902 Ames was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the fifth constituency of Massachusetts , where he succeeded William Shadrach Knox on March 4, 1903 . After four re-elections, he was able to complete five legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1913 . In 1912 he renounced another candidacy. After his tenure in the US House of Representatives, Ames resumed his previous activities. In the following years he was President of the United States Cartridge Co. and Chief Financial Officer of Heinze Electrical Co. He was also a board member of several other companies. Politically, he no longer appeared. Butler Ames died in Tewksbury on November 6, 1954.

Web links

• Butler Ames in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Butler Ames in the database of Find a Grave (English)