OAKES AMES

AMES, Oakes (1804-1873), a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Easton, Bristol, 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.
Parents:
Oliver Ames 1779–1863
Susanna Angier 1783–1847
Spouse: Evelyn Orville Gilmore 1810– Massachusetts
Children:
Oakes Angier Ames 1829–1918 Massachusetts
Oliver Q Ames 1831–1895 Massachusetts
Frank Morton Ames 1833–1908 Massachusetts
Susan Eveline Ames 1842–1890 Massachusetts

Sources:
United States Federal Census
Massachusetts Vital Records
The Political Graveyard
Submitted by Deborah Crowell