Seth Ames
Seth Ames was a justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court from 1869 to 1881. He was appointed by Governor William Claflin.
Biography
He was born April 18, 1805, and graduated from Harvard College in 1825. He was an associate justice of the Superior Court from 1859 to 1867, when he became chief justice of the Superior Court. In 1869, he was appointed to a seat on the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. He resigned from the court on January 8, 1881, due to deteriorating health.Death and personal life
Ames died at Longwood, Massachusetts, in 1881, at the age of 76. He had several children by his wife Abigail, daughter of Rev Samuel Dana of Marblehead, Massachusetts. His father was Fisher Ames and his brother was John W. Ames.Works cited
Category:1805 birthsCategory:1881 deaths
Category:Lawyers from Dedham, Massachusetts
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Category:Justices of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Category:Massachusetts Superior Court justices