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	John Adams (1735-1826) — also known as "His Rotundity"; "The Duke of Braintree"; "American Cato"; "Old Sink and Swim"; "The Colossus of Independence"; "Father of the American Navy" — of Quincy, Norfolk County, Mass. Born in Braintree (part now in Quincy), Norfolk County, Mass., October 30, 1735. Lawyer; Delegate to Continental Congress from Massachusetts, 1774-78; signer, Declaration of Independence, 1776; U.S. Minister to Netherlands, 1781-88; Great Britain, 1785-88; Vice President of the United States, 1789-97; President of the United States, 1797-1801; defeated (Federalist), 1800; delegate to Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1820. Unitarian. English ancestry. Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Elected to the Hall of Fame for Great Americans in 1900. Died in Quincy, Norfolk County, Mass., July 4, 1826 (age 90 years, 247 days). Original interment at Hancock Cemetery, Quincy, Mass.; reinterment in 1828 at United First Parish Church, Quincy, Mass.; memorial monument at Constitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.   Relatives: Son of John Adams (1691-1761) and Susanna (Boylston) Adams; married, October 25, 1764, to Abigail Quincy Smith (aunt of William Cranch); father of Abigail Amelia Adams (who married William Stephens Smith) and John Quincy Adams (1767-1848) (who married Louisa Catherine Johnson); grandfather of George Washington Adams and Charles Francis Adams (1807-1886); great-grandfather of John Quincy Adams (1833-1894) and Brooks Adams; second great-grandfather of Charles Francis Adams (1866-1954); third great-grandfather of Thomas Boylston Adams; first cousin thrice removed of Edward M. Chapin; first cousin four times removed of Arthur Chapin; first cousin six times removed of Denwood Lynn Chapin; second cousin of Samuel Adams; second cousin once removed of Joseph Allen; second cousin twice removed of John Milton Thayer; second cousin thrice removed of William Vincent Wells; second cousin four times removed of Lyman Kidder Bass, Daniel T. Hayden, Arthur Laban Bates and Almur Stiles Whiting; second cousin five times removed of Charles Grenfill Washburn, Lyman Metcalfe Bass and Emerson Richard Boyles; third cousin of Thomas Cogswell (1799-1868); third cousin once removed of Jeremiah Mason, George Bailey Loring and Thomas Cogswell (1841-1904); third cousin twice removed of Asahel Otis, Erastus Fairbanks, Charles Stetson, Henry Brewster Stanton, Charles Adams Jr., Isaiah Stetson, Joshua Perkins, Eli Thayer and Bailey Frye Adams; third cousin thrice removed of Day Otis Kellogg, Dwight Kellogg, Caleb Stetson, Oakes Ames, Oliver Ames Jr., Benjamin W. Waite, Alfred Elisha Ames, George Otis Fairbanks, Austin Wells Holden, Horace Fairbanks, Ebenezer Oliver Grosvenor, Joseph Washburn Yates, Augustus Brown Reed Sprague, Franklin Fairbanks, Erskine Mason Phelps, Arthur Newton Holden, John Alden Thayer, Irving Hall Chase, Isaiah Kidder Stetson and Giles Russell Taggart.   Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Adams counties in Idaho, Iowa, Miss., Neb., Ohio, Pa., Wash. and Wis. are named for him.   Mount Adams (second highest peak in the Northeast), in the White Mountains, Coos County, New Hampshire, is named for him.  — The World War II Liberty ship SS John Adams (built 1941-42 at Richmond, California; torpedoed and lost in the Coral Sea, 1942) was named for him.   Other politicians named for him: John Adams Harper — John A. Cameron — John A. Dix — John Adams Fisher — John A. Taintor — John A. Gilmer — John A. Perkins — John Adams Hyman — John A. Damon — John A. Lee — John A. Sanders — John Adams Hurson   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail   Books about John Adams: John Ferling, John Adams: A Life — Joseph J. Ellis, The Passionate Sage: The Character and Legacy of John Adams — David McCullough, John Adams — Gore Vidal, Inventing A Nation: Washington, Adams, Jefferson — John Ferling, Adams vs. Jefferson: The Tumultuous Election of 1800 — James Grant, John Adams : Party of One   Image source: Portrait & Biographical Album of Washtenaw County (1891)
	Oakes Ames (1804-1873) — of North Easton, Easton, Bristol County, Mass. Born in Easton, Bristol County, Mass., January 10, 1804. Republican. U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 2nd District, 1863-73. He and his brother Oliver Ames, president of the Union Pacific Railroad, prime movers in construction of the first transcontinental railroad line, completed in 1869; he was as censured by the House of Representatives in 1873 for his role in the Credit Mobilier bribery scandal. Died in Easton, Bristol County, Mass., May 8, 1873 (age 69 years, 118 days). Interment at Village Cemetery, North Easton, Easton, Mass.; memorial monument at Oliver and Oakes Ames Monument, Sherman, Wyo.   Relatives: Son of Oliver Ames (1779-1863) and Susannah (Angier) Ames; brother of Oliver Ames Jr.; married to Eveline Gilmore; father of Oliver Ames (1831-1895); third cousin thrice removed of John Adams; fourth cousin of Alfred Elisha Ames; fourth cousin once removed of Albert Alonzo Ames.   Political family: Ames family of North Easton, Massachusetts (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   The city of Ames, Iowa, is named for him.  — The community of Ames, Nebraska, is named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
	Oliver Ames Jr. (1807-1877) — Born in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Mass., November 5, 1807. Shovel manufacturer; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1852, 1857; president, Union Pacific Railroad; he and his brother Oakes Ames were prime movers in construction of the first transcontinental railroad line. Died March 9, 1877 (age 69 years, 124 days). Interment at Village Cemetery, North Easton, Easton, Mass.; memorial monument at Oliver and Oakes Ames Monument, Sherman, Wyo.   Relatives: Son of Oliver Ames (1779-1863) and Susannah (Angier) Ames; brother of Oakes Ames; married to Sarah Lothrop; uncle of Oliver Ames (1831-1895); third cousin thrice removed of John Adams; fourth cousin of Alfred Elisha Ames; fourth cousin once removed of Albert Alonzo Ames.   Political family: Ames family of North Easton, Massachusetts (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial
	Alfred Elisha Ames (1814-1874) — also known as Alfred E. Ames — of Winnebago County, Ill.; St. Anthony Falls, Hennepin County, Minn.; Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minn. Born in Colchester, Chittenden County, Vt., December 13, 1814. Democrat. Physician; member of Illinois state senate 24th District, 1849-50; member of Minnesota territorial House of Representatives 6th District, 1853; postmaster at Minneapolis, Minn., 1856-57; delegate to Minnesota state constitutional convention 11th District, 1857. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons. Died in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minn., September 23, 1874 (age 59 years, 284 days). Interment at Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.   Relatives: Son of William 'Billy' Ames and Phebe (Baker) Ames; married 1836 to Martha Asenath Pratt; father of Albert Alonzo Ames; third cousin thrice removed of John Adams; fourth cousin of Oakes Ames and Oliver Ames Jr.; fourth cousin once removed of Oliver Ames.   Political family: Ames family of North Easton, Massachusetts (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial — Minnesota Legislator record
	Oliver Ames (1831-1895) — of North Easton, Easton, Bristol County, Mass. Born in North Easton, Easton, Bristol County, Mass., February 4, 1831. Republican. Shovel manufacturer; member of Massachusetts state senate; elected 1880; Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts, 1883-87; Governor of Massachusetts, 1887-90. Died in North Easton, Easton, Bristol County, Mass., October 22, 1895 (age 64 years, 260 days). Interment at Village Cemetery, North Easton, Easton, Mass.   Relatives: Son of Oakes Ames and Eveline (Gilmore) Ames; married, March 14, 1860, to Anna Coffin Ray; nephew of Oliver Ames Jr.; fourth cousin once removed of Alfred Elisha Ames.   Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Ames family of North Easton, Massachusetts (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
	Albert Alonzo Ames (1842-1911) — also known as Albert A. Ames; "Doc" — of Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minn.; California. Born in Garden Prairie, Boone County, Ill., January 18, 1842. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; physician; member of Minnesota state house of representatives District 5, 1867; mayor of Minneapolis, Minn., 1876-77, 1882-84, 1886-89, 1901-02; resigned 1902; candidate for Governor of Minnesota, 1886 (Democratic), 1896 (Independent); delegate to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 1888; indicted in 1902 on bribery charges, over a scheme to induce county commissioners to appoint his secretary, Thomas R. Brown, Jr., as Sheriff. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows; Knights of Pythias. Died, in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minn., November 16, 1911 (age 69 years, 302 days). His body was reportedly donated to science. Cremated; ashes interred at Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.   Relatives: Son of Alfred Elisha Ames and Martha Asenath (Pratt) Ames; married, April 21, 1862, to Sarah S. Strout; fourth cousin once removed of Oakes Ames and Oliver Ames Jr..   Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Ames family of North Easton, Massachusetts (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial — Minnesota Legislator record