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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsOakes AMES
(1804-1873)
AMES, 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.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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