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A. A. Ames
Albert Alonzo "Doc" Ames (January 18, 1842 – November 16, 1911) held four non-consecutive terms as mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Dr. Ames was known for his service to his country and assistance of the poor, sometimes giving medical treatment to those who could not afford it. However, he became exceedingly more famous by creating the most corrupt government in the city's history. The story became known across the United States when muckraking journalist Lincoln Steffens wrote an article in 1903 for McClure's Magazine about the corruption and the efforts of a local grand jury to stop it. The article, ''The Shame of Minneapolis'', was later included in a collection of similar exposes in the book ''The Shame of the Cities'', published in 1904.
==Early life==
Ames was born in Garden Prairie, Boone County, Illinois, on January 18, 1842. Ames was the fourth child to a family, soon to be, of seven. At the young age of ten, Ames relocated with his father, Dr. Alfred Elisha Ames, and mother, Martha A. Ames, to Fort Snelling located in the Minnesota Territory.〔"Albert Alonzo 'Doc, A.A' Ames". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. 2/29/2011. http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=10892〕 At this time during the spring of 1852, Minnesota was still young—the locality was nameless and resided in a portion of the Fort Snelling reservation. Ames attended local public schools, which were partially run by the federal government. His particular public school was at the time a department of the Washington school, located on the block now occupied by the city hall and court house.
Starting in 1857, while still in high school, Ames became employed as a "printer's devil" and a newspaper carrier for the ''Northwestern Democrat''. The ''Northwestern Democrat'', published by W.A. Hotchkiss, was the first paper issued in Minneapolis that served the west side of the river; the original publishing building used to stand on the southeast corner of Third Street and Fifth Avenue South. It was through his efforts as a "printer's devil" that Ames attained his first dollar. After graduating from high school at the age of sixteen, Ames jumped on the opportunity to become immersed in the medical field alongside his father. Though he received much of his experience and training by observing and working with his father, Ames attended Rush Medical College in Chicago and received his M.D. on February 5, 1862, at the age of 20. Soon after, April 21, 1862, the established Dr. Ames married Sarah Strout, the daughter of Captain Richard Strout of Minneapolis.
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