Benjamin Ames
DATE OF BIRTH: October 30, 1778
PLACE OF BIRTH: Andover, MA
DATE OF DEATH: September 28, 1835
PLACE OF DEATH: Houlton
PROFESSION: Lawyer
POLITICAL AFFILIATION: Democratic-Republican
TERM IN OFFICE: December 6, 1821 – January 2, 1822
FIRST LADY: Sally Boynton
QUOTE: A hard worker, astute lawyer and able advocate.
Henry Owen, The Edward Clarence Plummer History of Bath Maine, 1936
OTHER ELECTED OR APPOINTED OFFICES: County Attorney for Lincoln County, Judge of the Common Pleas Court, State Representative (First Speaker of the House), State Senator (Senate President)
FURTHER READING:
Ames, Wilmont Spofford. Robert Ames. Gardiner: Ames Typewriter Press, 1941, p.123.
Biographical Encyclopedia of Maine of the 19th Century. Boston: Metropolitan Publishing and Engraving Company, 1885, pp. 384-386.
Owen, Henry Wilson. The Edward Clarence Plummer History of Bath, Maine. Bath: The Times Company, 1936, pp. 147.
Putnam, Cora M. The Story of Houlton. Portland: House of Falmouth Inc., 1958, p. 280.