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Seth Ames

Seth Ames
BornApril 18, 1805
DiedAugust 15, 1881
NationalityAmerican
OccupationJudge

Seth Ames (April 18, 1805 – August 15, 1881) was a justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court[1] from 1869 to 1881. He was appointed by Governor William Claflin.

He was born April 18, 1805, and graduated from Harvard College in 1825.[1] He was an associate justice of the Superior Court from 1859 to 1867, when he became chief justice of the Superior Court.[2] In 1869, he was appointed to a seat on the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.[1] He resigned from the court on January 8, 1881, due to deteriorating health.[2]

Ames died at Longwood, Massachusetts, in 1881, at the age of 76.[3][1] He had several children[1] by his wife Abigail, daughter of Rev Samuel Dana of Marblehead, Massachusetts. His father was Fisher Ames and his brother was John W. Ames.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Hurd 1884, p. 61.
  2. ^ a b "Resignation of Judge Ames", Boston Post (January 13, 1881), p. 3.
  3. ^ "Died", The Boston Globe (August 17, 1881), p. 3.

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Political offices
Preceded by Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
1869–1881 		Succeeded by


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