EntityQ4647455· pop 6· linked from 48 articlesA. A. AmesSign in to saveAmerican Civil War surgeon, mob boss and politician (1842–1911)Person · Open LibraryBorn1828Died1898Works108Top worksOur burden and our strength, or, A comprehensive and popular examination of the debt and resources of our country, present and prosectiveThe "foreign competitive pauper labor" argument for protectionThe science of common thingsNatural philosophyFirst principles of geologyvia Open Library + WikidataMusic · MusicBrainzTypeGroupCountryUSActive from1948Active to1963via MusicBrainz · CC0Academic profile · OpenAlex27h-indexWorks53Cited by5,122via OpenAlex · CC0Key datesBorn18 January 1842Died16 November 1911via Wikidata · CC0Wikidata factsInstance ofhumanFamily nameAmesGendermaleCitizenshipUnited StatesPlace of birthGarden PrairiePlace of deathMinneapolisOccupationpoliticianEducated atRush Medical CollegeImageAlbert Alonzo Ames.jpgShow 1 more factP1399ConnectionsDemocratic Party (United States)Conceptlist of mayors of MinneapolisEntityCategories1842 births1911 deaths19th-century mayors of places in Minnesota19th-century members of the Minnesota Legislature20th-century mayors of places in MinnesotaAmerican FreemasonsAmerican political bossesAmerican politicians convicted of briberyAnti-Catholicism in the United StatesAnti-Irish sentimentCatholicism and FreemasonryFormer Anglicans