Butler Ames
U.S. Congressperson
1871 – 1954
Who was Butler Ames?
Butler Ames was an American politician, engineer, soldier and businessman. He was the son of Adelbert Ames and grandson of Benjamin Franklin Butler, both decorated generals in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Born in Lowell, Massachusetts, Ames attended the public schools and Phillips Exeter Academy, in Exeter, New Hampshire, and graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1894. He resigned from the United States Army after appointment as second lieutenant to the Eleventh Regiment, United States Infantry; took a postgraduate course at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, was a member of Theta Xi fraternity, and graduated in 1896 as a mechanical and electrical engineer.
Ames engaged in manufacturing; served as a member of the common council of Lowell in 1896; enlisted during the Spanish–American War and was commissioned lieutenant and adjutant of the Sixth Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry; appointed acting engineer officer of the Second Army Corps under General Graham, in addition to his duties as adjutant. He was promoted to lieutenant colonel in August 1898; served as civil administrator of the Arecibo district of Puerto Rico until November 1898.
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- Born
- Aug 22, 1871
Lowell - Parents
- Education
- United States Military Academy
- Phillips Exeter Academy
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Died
- Nov 6, 1954
Tewksbury
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on July 23, 2013
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