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In 1888, his health began to fail, probably due to the strain of office and his business interests. He refused to run for reelection in 1889, continuing a party tradition of three-term governors. After leaving office, he traveled to Europe several times to relax and recover his health. He died at his
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Ames inherited his father's fortune, nationwide network of business interests, and $ 6–8 million in debt related to the scandal. He was also co-executor to his father's estate. Over a period of years, Ames was able to pay off the debts, provide more than $ 1 million in bequests, and divide the estate
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Crédit
Mobilier remained mired in legal action related to the scandal, and its shares were a major component of Oakes Ames's estate. The company's only major asset was a $ 2 million note against UP, and Ames instigated legal action to recover its value. Gould and Union Pacific countersued and
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As governor, Ames was a competent administrator, hiring and promoting more on the basis of merit than politics. In 1887 he signed a bill exempting military veterans from recently enacted civil service regulations, earning him the ire of the state's progressives. A project to expand the
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began. During the war, he oversaw the company's manufacturing department, expanding the business and making the manufacturing processes more efficient. The family also invested in railroads and other industrial concerns. Oliver became a partner in the company when his grandfather
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in a bitterly divisive contest. Ames served from 1883 to 1886 under Butler (1883) and Republican
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290:(February 4, 1831 – October 22, 1895) was an American businessman, investor, philanthropist, and
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Ames was a major financier of Easton's public high school, and it is named
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in Boston. He is the only known member to receive such a posthumous offer.
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During their fight, Ames sold Gould his controlling interest in the
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music fraternity in 1917, by the fraternity's Alpha Chapter at the
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in his honor. He is also the namesake of the small community of
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With Governor Robinson retiring in 1886, Ames won election as
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Lost Maine Coastal Schooners: From Glory Days to Ghost Ships
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American politics (non-partisan) from the beginning to date
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in 1860. The couple had six children. Their youngest son,
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on February 4, 1831 to Eveline Orville (née Gilmore) and
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in 1879 and saw to the incorporation of the new town of
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720:Ames was a patron of sports and the arts. He owned
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1383:. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press.
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1537:Tangible Things: Making History through Objects
421:Credit Mobilier scandal and death of Oakes Ames
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1273:American Biography: A New Cyclopedia, Volume 2
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530:Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts (1883–86)
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1437:Purcell, Richard J (1928). "Ames, Oliver".
1359:Twenty-five years of Massachusetts Politics
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1510:Dictionary of American National Biography
1276:. New York: American Historical Society.
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1251:Cooper, Thomas; Fenton, Hector (1884).
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795:The Biographical Dictionary of America
3207:People from Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts
3192:Lieutenant governors of Massachusetts
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488:Central Branch Union Pacific Railroad
1626:Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts
1508:Tager, Jack (1999). "Ames, Oliver".
1479:Sargent, Gerald (October 31, 1895).
861:. Vol. I. 1900. pp. 65–66.
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3177:Businesspeople from Massachusetts
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1456:"The Governors of Massachusetts"
1439:Dictionary of American Biography
1381:The Life and Legend of Jay Gould
1314:. University of Nebraska Press.
1125:. Town of Easton. Archived from
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635:Ames married Anna Coffin Ray of
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1308:Fitzpatrick, Lillian L (1960).
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1199:"Judge Robert Roberts Bishop"
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23:Oliver Ames (disambiguation)
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622:North Easton home in 1895.
452:Legal battle with Jay Gould
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1700:Governors of Massachusetts
1356:Hennessy, Michael (1917).
950:"Ames, Oliver (son)"
520:Massachusetts State Senate
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1270:Cutter, William (1916).
1257:. Chicago: C.R. Brodix.
1232:Clarke, James W (1887).
907:Klein (2006), pp. 321–22
703:Oakes Ames Memorial Hall
661:New England Conservatory
626:Personal life and legacy
350:Oliver Ames was born in
336:Early life and education
3172:Brown University alumni
1329:Grenon, Ingrid (2011).
1163:. National Park Service
697:and landscape designer
673:Oliver Ames High School
611:advocates of temperance
427:Crédit Mobilier scandal
307:Credit Mobilier scandal
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1379:Klein, Maruy (1997) .
1120:"Accreditation Report"
956:Encyclopedia Americana
691:Frederick Lothrop Ames
518:He was elected to the
502:Early political career
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1295:. Boston: D.H. Hurd.
699:Frederick Law Olmsted
657:Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia
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402:Massachusetts militia
352:Easton, Massachusetts
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330:Frederick Law Olmsted
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202:Easton, Massachusetts
1311:Nebraska Place-Names
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937:Klein (2006), p. 411
734:1896 Summer Olympics
617:Retirement and death
163:Massachusetts Senate
3152:American financiers
1661:John Q. A. Brackett
1635:John Q. A. Brackett
1604:John Q. A. Brackett
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852:"Ames, Oakes"
467:In 1875, financier
448:amongst the heirs.
400:Ames served in the
311:temperance movement
298:from 1887 to 1890.
155:John Q. A. Brackett
98:John Q. A. Brackett
75:John Q. A. Brackett
3182:Butler–Ames family
3157:American investors
2084:Governor's Council
1994:Governor's Council
1915:Governor's Council
1903:Governor's Council
1644:George D. Robinson
1611:Political offices
1573:George D. Robinson
1150:Fitzpatrick, p. 87
599:William E. Russell
575:American Civil War
548:George D. Robinson
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410:American Civil War
375:North Attleborough
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131:George D. Robinson
127:Benjamin F. Butler
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540:Robert R. Bishop
508:Republican Party
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2221:W. Washburn
2191:E. Washburn
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1869:(1692–1776)
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1487:: 913–914.
824:Roe, p. 666
679:and of the
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288:Oliver Ames
256:Ames family
138:Preceded by
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32:Oliver Ames
3126:Categories
3056:Richardson
2971:G. Cushing
2841:Huntington
2781:L. Lincoln
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