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Eli B. Ames (August 3, 1820 – February 12, 1897) was a lawyer, postmaster, judge, and Democratic politician who served as the fourth mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota. ==Life and career== Ames was born on August 3, 1820, in Colchester, Vermont. His brother was Alfred Elisha Ames. When he was a child, his family moved to Ohio, later relocating to Ottawa, Illinois. While there, he studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1842. He later moved to Hennepin, Illinois, where he served as postmaster and later as a probate judge. Ames served in the Illinois House of Representatives from 1851 to 1852.〔''Illinois Blue Book 1914'', Roster of the Members of the Illinois General Assembly, p. 362.〕 After his term in the Illinois General Assembly, he worked as an aide to Joel Aldrich Matteson. In 1855, he was appointed to the American consulate in Hamburg, Germany as consul. While serving as consul, he negotiated a postal treaty with Germany. He arrived in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1857 and opened an insurance business. From 1861 to 1864, he served as the secretary of the Minnesota Senate, then served two one-year terms as the mayor of Minneapolis from 1870 to 1872, defeating his brother Alfred in the second election. In 1873, Ames lost his bid for a third term as mayor, and in 1875, he ran unsuccessfully for the Minneapolis School Board.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.leg.state.mn.us/lrl/histleg/officer.aspx?position=secsenate )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/mayor/mayor-history )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://electiontrendsproject.org/search/search.php?candidate=73 )〕 Ames died on February 12, 1897. He was buried in Lakewood Cemetery in Minneapolis.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=46425287 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Eli B. Ames」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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