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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsAMES, Fisher
(1758—1808)
AMES, Fisher, a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Dedham, Mass., April 9, 1758; attended the town school of his native city and also received private instruction; was graduated from Harvard College in 1774; while teaching school, studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Dedham in 1781; served in the State house of representatives in 1788; member of the Massachusetts convention called for the ratification of the Federal Constitution in 1788; elected as a Pro-Administration candidate to the First through Third Congresses and as a Federalist to the Fourth Congress (March 4, 1789-March 3, 1797); chairman, Committee on Elections (First Congress); was not a candidate for renomination in 1796; resumed the practice of law in Dedham; member of the Governor’s council 1798-1800; chosen president of Harvard University in 1804, but declined to accept because of failing health; died in Dedham, Mass., July 4, 1808; interment in Old First Parish Cemetery.
Bibliography
Bernhard, Winfred E.A. Fisher Ames: Federalist and Statesman, 1758-1808.
Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1965.
Ames, Fisher. An oration on the sublime virtues of Gen. George Washington
. 1800. Reprint, Tarrytown, N.Y.: N.p., 1930.
———. The speech of Mr. Ames, in the House of Representatives of the United States, when in committee of the whole, on Thursday, April 28, 1796: in support of the following motion: Resolved, That it is expedient to pass the laws necessary to carry into effect the treaty lately concluded between the United States and the King of Great-Britain
. Philadelphia: Printed by William Young, 1796.
———. Speeches of Fisher Ames in Congress, 1789-1796
. Boston: Little, Brown, and company, 1871.
———. Works of Fisher Ames: With a Selection from His Speeches and Correspondence
. Edited by W.B. Allen and Seth Ames. 1854. Reprint, Indianapolis: Liberty Fund Inc., 1984.
Arkin, Marc M. “The Federalist Trope: Power and Passion in Abolitionist Rhetoric.” Journal of American History
88 (June 2001): 75(24).
———. “Regionalism and the Religion Clauses: The Contribution of Fisher Ames. Buffalo Law Review
47 (spring 1999): 763-828.
Bernhard, Winfred E. A. Fisher Ames: Federalist and Statesman, 1758-1808.
Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1965.
Douglass, Elisha P. “Fisher Ames, Spokesman for New England Federalism.” American Philosophical Society Proceedings
103, No. 5 (1959): 693-715.
Farrell, James M. “Fisher Ames and Political Judgment: Reason, Passion, and Vehement Style in the Jay Treaty Speech. The Quarterly Journal of Speech
76, no. 4 (November 1990): 415(20).
Manolesc, Beth Innocenti. “Style and spectator judgment in Fisher Ames’s Jay Treaty speech.” The Quarterly Journal of Speech
84, no. 1 (February 1998): 62(18).
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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