Samuel Ames (jurist)
Samuel Ames (September 6, 1806 – December 20, 1865) was an American jurist. Biography. Samuel Ames was born in Providence, Rhode Island on September 6, 1806. Educated at Philips Academy Andover and Brown University, Ames married Mary Throop Dorr, sister of Thomas Wilson Dorr, in 1838, and they had five children. He succeeded William R. Staples as chief justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court, serving from 1856 to 1865, when he resigned due to poor health. He died in Providence on December 20, 1865.