Background
He was the son of David Edson Ames (1840–1915) and Clementine Carolyn (Hart) Ames (1846–1941).
politician member of the New York State Senate
He was the son of David Edson Ames (1840–1915) and Clementine Carolyn (Hart) Ames (1846–1941).
He attended Ten Broeck Academy and Fredonia Normal School.
Then he engaged in banking, and later also in the real estate and insurance business, in Franklinville. He was Sheriff of Cattaraugus County, New York from 1907 to 1909. In 1921, he sponsored legislation which established the Allegany State Park, and after leaving the Senate became Executive Secretary of the Allegany State Park Commission.
He was a delegate to the New York State Constitutional Convention of 1938.
He died on October 27, 1955, in Ellicottville, New New York And was buried at the Little Valley Rural Cemetery in Little Valley.
Ames was a member of the New York State Assembly (Cattaraugus Company) in 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919 and 1920. And was Chairman of the Committee on Charitable and Religious Societies in 1918. He was a member of the New York State Senate (51st Doctorate) from 1921 to 1924, sitting in the 144th, 145th, 146th and 147th New York State Legislatures.