The Civil Rights Act of 1875

Adelbert Ames

(October 31 1835 — April 12, 1933) Ames was a businessman and politician. Adelbert Ames was born in Rockland, Maine and graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1861. He served in the Union Army during the Civil War and attained the ranks of lieutenant, brigadier general, breveted general, captain, and lieutenant colonel. After the war, Ames was appointed as the Provisional Governor of Mississippi and was later appointed to command the fourth military district set up by the congressional Reconstruction acts. He was elected as a Republican to the Forty-First, Forty-Second, and Forty-Third Congresses from February 23, 1870 until January 10, 1874, when he resigned. After serving in Congress, Ames served as Governor of Mississippi until 1876. He retired from politics in 1876 and engaged in various businesses including the flour business and manufacturing, until his death in 1933. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/A000172]

Member of Mississippi Delegation - The Civil Rights Act of 1875 [this display].

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