Fisher Ames
- Events
- 2
- Episodes
- 6
- Years
- 1789–1796
Every event in Historedia whose sources name Fisher Ames, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.
Events and episodes
US House of Representatives Adopts Bill of Rights Proposal
1789Role: Representative who warned against prolonged public dissection of the constitution
- House agrees to consider amendments as full body
After initially forwarding the amendments to a select committee, the House agreed on 21 July 1789 to take up Madison's proposal as a full body.
- House debates and revises the amendments
The eleven-member select committee significantly changed Madison's nine amendments, and the House debated the revised proposals for eleven days.
- Revised amendments forwarded to Senate
On 24 August 1789 the House approved seventeen amendments, revised and condensed from twenty, and forwarded them to the Senate.
- House agrees to consider amendments as full body
Jay Treaty Document Dispute
1795–1796Role: Federalist Representative who gave an impassioned speech defending the treaty's funding
- Anti-treaty disorder in Philadelphia
In summer 1795 Philadelphia town hall meetings turned to disorder, with rocks thrown, British officials harassed, and a treaty copy burnt.
- House challenges the treaty and seeks a role in its approval
Madison argued the commercial treaty could not take effect without House approval; Ellsworth's advisory opinion rejected any House right to judge the treaty's merits.
- House funding impasse and passage
After Ames's speech, the April 29, 1796 vote tied 49–49; Muhlenberg's surprise support produced a 51–48 result funding the treaty.
- Anti-treaty disorder in Philadelphia
Sources
- United States Bill of Rights Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-06
- Jay Treaty Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-27