id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-5477 Fisher Ames - Wikipedia .html text/html 2727 567 74 March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1797Serving with Samuel Dexter, Benjamin Goodhue, and Samuel Holten from 1793-1795 (1st District-GT) Fisher Ames (/eɪmz/; April 9, 1758 – July 4, 1808) was a Representative in the United States Congress from the 1st Congressional District of Massachusetts. Ames was elected to the First United States Congress, having beaten Samuel Adams for the post.[2] He also served in the Second and Third Congresses and as a Federalist to the Fourth Congress. For example, in 1789 Ames argued against the appointment of Thomas Willing as the President of Hamilton's newly created Bank of the United States.[6] A History of Dedham, Massachusetts. Edited by Seth Ames. Fisher Ames Collection at the William L. Quotations related to Fisher Ames at Wikiquote Members of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts Federalist Party members of the United States House of Representatives ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-5477.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-5477.txt