The Butler Ames Papers

Résumé du livre

Butler Ames became a member of the Massachusetts House of Representative (1897-1899); elected as a Republican to the 58th Congress and to the four succeeding Congresses (1903-1913); was not a candidate for re-nomination in 1912; resumed manufacturing pursuits; president of US Cartridge Company, and treasurer of Heinze Electrical Company, Lowell; at time of death was treasurer and a director of Wamesit Power Company, Lowell; director of Union Land and Grazing Company, Colorado Springs and vice president and a director of Ames Textile Corporation, Lowell. He also invented the Ames Electric Stove; the Odorless Cooker; and the "Silver Slippers," shoe inserts for symptomatic relief of arthritis. In 1919, Ames purchased the Villa del Balbianello on Lake Como in Italy, which remained in the family until 1974.