Oliver Ames (governor)
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Oliver Ames was an American businessman, investor, philanthropist, and Republican politician who served as the 35th governor of Massachusetts from 1887 to 1890.
Oliver Ames 1831–1895
Oakes Ames
Jay Gould, who removed Ames from the Crédit Mobilier board of directors
Oakes Ames
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Oakes Ames was an American businessman, investor, and politician. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts. As a congressman, he is credited by many historians
Oliver Ames (governor)
…who served as the 35th governor of Massachusetts from 1887 to 1890. Ames's public life was primarily devoted to the vindication of his late father Oakes Ames, a businessman and U.S. Representative who was censured for his role in the 1873 Credit Mobilier scandal and died shortly thereafter. His tenure in…
Ames, 1860–1873
Oakes Ames