# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/a-a-ames
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:46:23.776Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/a-a-ames"
name: "A. A. Ames"
slug: "a-a-ames"
description: "Albert Alonzo \"Doc\" Ames was an American physician and politician who held four non-consecutive terms as mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota. His fourth term was marked by multiple prosecutions for political corruption, extortion, and racketeering in a scandal which was publicized nationwide by muckraking journalist Lincoln Steffens in a 1903 article in McClure's Magazine titled The Shame of Minneapolis. Ames was found guilty of corruption, but after a successful appeal and multiple mistrials the charges were dropped. Erik Rivenes, however, has called the downfall of Mayor Ames, \"one of the greatest political scandals in Minnesota history.\""
tagline: "American Civil War surgeon, mob boss and politician (1842–1911)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Albert_Alonzo_Ames.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1842-01-18"
deathDate: "1911-11-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.47
  momentum:             15.50847457627119
  historical:           5.480058666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._A._Ames"
    title: "A. A. Ames"
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    title: "ألبرت ألونزو أميس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ائی. ائی. آمز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "اے اے ایمز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DB%8C._%D8%A7%DB%8C._%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%B2"
    title: "ای. ای. ایمز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D0%B9%D0%BC%D1%81%2C_%D0%90%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%82_%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BE"
    title: "Эймс, Альберт Алонсо"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4647455"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump