Seth Ames (April 18, 1805 – August 15, 1881) was a justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court[1] from 1869 to 1881. He was appointed by Governor William Claflin.

Seth Ames
BornApril 18, 1805
DiedAugust 15, 1881
NationalityAmerican
OccupationJudge

He was born April 18, 1805, and graduated from Harvard College in 1825.[1] He was an associate justice of the Superior Court from 1859 to 1867, when he became chief justice of the Superior Court.[2] In 1869, he was appointed to a seat on the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.[1] He resigned from the court on January 8, 1881, due to deteriorating health.[2]

Ames died at Longwood, Massachusetts, in 1881, at the age of 76.[3][1] He had several children[1] by his wife Abigail, daughter of Rev Samuel Dana of Marblehead, Massachusetts. His father was Fisher Ames and his brother was John W. Ames.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f Hurd 1884, p. 61.
  2. ^ a b "Resignation of Judge Ames", Boston Post (January 13, 1881), p. 3.
  3. ^ "Died", The Boston Globe (August 17, 1881), p. 3.

Works cited

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  • Hurd, Duane Hamilton (1884). History of Norfolk County, Massachusetts: With Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men. J. W. Lewis & Company. Retrieved May 2, 2021.
Political offices
Preceded by Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
1869–1881
Succeeded by