Answer the following question: Facts: - party: republican - predecessor: william s. knox - birth date: 22 august 1871 - branch: united states army - caption: butler ames circa 1908 - death date: 6 november 1954 - office: member boston common council of the massachusetts house of representatives city of - district: 5th - term end: march 3 , 1913 1899 - serviceyears: 1894 , 1898 - 1899 - name: butler ames - death place: tewksbury , massachusetts - birth place: lowell , massachusetts - successor: john jacob rogers - restingplace: hildreth family cemetery lowell , massachusetts - state: massachusetts - occupation: mechanical and electrical engineer - alma mater: phillips west point , massachusetts institute of technology exeter academy , united states military academy at - imagesize: 175px - battles: spanish -- american war - term start: march 4 , 1903 1897 - rank: lieutenant colonel Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of butler ames .
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butler ames -lrb- august 22 , 1871 -- november 6 , 1954 -rrb- was an american politician , engineer , soldier and businessman .he was the son of adelbert ames and grandson of benjamin franklin butler , both decorated generals in the union army during the american civil war .born in lowell , massachusetts , ames attended the public schools and phillips exeter academy , in exeter , new hampshire , and graduated from the united states military academy at west point in 1894 .he resigned from the united states army after appointment as second lieutenant to the eleventh regiment , united states infantry ; took a postgraduate course at massachusetts institute of technology , was a member of theta xi fraternity , and graduated in 1896 as a mechanical and electrical engineer .ames engaged in manufacturing ; served as a member of the common council of lowell in 1896 ; like his father , he re-joined the army during the spanish -- american war and was commissioned lieutenant and adjutant of the sixth regiment , massachusetts volunteer infantry ; appointed acting engineer officer of the second army corps under general graham , in addition to his duties as adjutant .he was promoted to lieutenant colonel in august 1898 ; served as civil administrator of the arecibo district of puerto rico until november 1898 .ames became a member of the massachusetts house of representatives 1897 -- 1899 ; elected as a republican to the fifty-eighth and to the four succeeding congresses -lrb- march 4 , 1903 -- march 3 , 1913 -rrb- ; was not a candidate for renomination in 1912 ; resumed manufacturing pursuits ; president of united states cartridge company , and treasurer of heinze electrical co. of lowell ; at time of death was treasurer and a director of wamesit power co. of lowell , massachusetts ; director of union land and grazing co. , colorado springs , colorado , and vice president and a director of ames textile in lowell .butler ames was completely taken with the villa balbianello when he visited europe for the first time in...