Michael E. Ames (1822–1861) was a politician from

Minnesota Territory The Territory of Minnesota was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from March 3, 1849, until May 11, 1858, when the eastern portion of the territory was admitted to the Union as the state of Minnesota and the w ...

, a member of the Democratic Party, and a member of the Minnesota Territory House of Representatives, representing

St. Paul, Minnesota Saint Paul (often abbreviated St. Paul) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Minnesota and the county seat of Ramsey County. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 311,527, making it Minnesota's second-most populous city a ...

. Furber served as Speaker of the Minnesota Territory House of Representatives in 1851. Ames served as a delegate to Minnesota's Democratic Constitutional Convention in 1857.Official State Biography
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1861 deaths 1822 births Minnesota Democrats Members of the Minnesota Territorial Legislature {{Minnesota-politician-stub