ADELBERT AMES
(Adelbert C. Ames)
Ames was not a native Southerner but as a General of the Union Army he had been the military commander of the wartime district of Arkansas and Mississippi where he became sufficiently popular to be elected Senator. However, once the segregationists returned to political power, Ames lost his bid for reelection amidst a massive, vicious campaign of intimidating Blacks from voting combined with local, rural corruption of the local balloting process. Ames also served as a general in the Spanish American War and was the last surviving Civil War general.
Adelbert C. Ames was an American sailor, soldier, and politician who served with distinction as a Union Army general during the American Civil War. A Radical Republican, he was military governor, U.S. Senator, and civilian governor in Reconstruction-era Mississippi. In 1898, he served as a United States Army general during the Spanish–American War. He was the last Republican to serve as the state governor of Mississippi until the election of Kirk Fordice, who took office in January 1992, 116 years since Ames vacated the office.
