Adelbert Ames
Reconstruction Governor of Mississippi, 1868-1870
U. S. Senator, Mississippi, 1870-1874
Governor of Mississippi, 1874-1876
Born: October 31, 1835, Rockland, Knox County, Maine.
Died: April 12, 1933, at his winter home in Ormond, Florida
- Attended local schools.
- U. S. Military Academy (West Point) graduate, 1861.
- During the Civil War served with the Union Army from 1861 to 1865 as Lieutenant, Colonel, and Brigadier General.
- Brevetted Major in the United States Army and the Congressional Medal of Honor for gallantry at the Battle of Bull Run.
- Brevetted Colonel in the United States Army for meritorious service at Gettysburg, July 1, 1863.
- Captain in the Fifth Artillery of the Regular Army, 1864-1866.
- Lieutenant Colonel of the Twenty-fourth United States Infantry from 1866-1870, when he resigned.
- Appointed Provisional Governor, Mississippi, March 15, 1868.
- Appointed to the commarid of the Fourth Military District (Department of Mississippi), March 17, 1869.
- Upon the readmission of the State of Mississippi to representation was elected as a Republican to the U. S. Senate and served from February 23, 1870 - January 10, 1874, when he resigned, having been elected Governor in 1873.
- Governor, Mississippi, January 4, 1874 - March 29, 1876, when he resigned.
- Moved to New York City and later to Lowell, Massachusetts.
- Engaged in the flour business, with mills in Minnesota.
- Also interested in various manufacturing industries in Lowell, Massachusetts.
- Appointed Brigadier General of Volunteers in the war with Spain, June 20, 1898, and served until January 3, 1899.
- Discontinued active business pursuits and lived in retirement in Lowell, Massachusetts.
Buried: Hildreth Cemetery, Lowell, Massachusetts.
(Source: U.S. Congress. House. Biographical Directory Of The American Congress 1774-1949, 85th Cong., 2nd sess., H. Doc. 607 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), pp. 759-2057.)