E. Almer Ames Jr.
| E. Almer Ames Jr. | |
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| Member of the Virginia Senate from the 1st district |
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In office January 1955 – January 1968 |
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| Preceded by | V. Alfred Etheridge |
| Succeeded by | William E. Fears |
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| Born | January 22, 1903 Onley, Virginia |
| Died | May 19, 1987 Nassawadox, Northampton County, Virginia |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Elizabeth Johnson Melson Ames |
| Children | Edward Almer Ames III |
| Residence | Onancock, Virginia |
| Alma mater |
Randolph-Macon College Washington and Lee University |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Edward Almer Ames Jr. (January 22, 1903 – May 19, 1987) was Virginia lawyer and member of the Virginia General Assembly representing Virginia's Eastern shore between 1956 and 1968. A member of the Byrd Organization, Ames was also a member of the new legislative Boatwright Committee which investigated the NAACP as part of the Massive Resistance to racial integration vowed by U.S. Senator Harry F. Byrd after the U.S. Supreme Court decisions in Brown v. Board of Education.
Ames was borne in Onley, Virginia in January 1903 to Edward Almer Ames (1856-1939) and his wife Lena E. Trower (1872-). He had an elder brother Floyd (1896-1972) and sister Margaret (b. 1899), as well as a younger sister Ethel (1909-2003). Almer Ames attended Randolph-Macon College, and joinedPhi Delta Phi and Phi Beta Kappa before graduating with a B.A. degree. He then attended Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia and won election to the Order of the Coif before graduating with a LLB degree. He married Elizabeth Johnson Melson in January 1936, and they had a son, E. Almer Ames III.
After admission to the Virginia bar, practiced law with his father. Ames was elected commonwealth attorney (prosecutor) for Accomack county, and served from 1943 until 1955. He was also vice-president (then President) and a director of the First National Bank in Onancock, which later was bought by First Virginia Bancshares, Inc.. From 1948 until 1967, Ames was chairman of the Accomack County Democratic Party, and beginning in 1955 on the Virginia Democratic State Central Committee. He was also active in the Freemasons (past master), Rotary Club, Ruritan Club and various bar associations.
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