Edward Newton Ament (1860-1949) was Mayor of Berkeley, California from 1932 to 1939. Ament was born in Arcata, California July 30, 1860. He 1889, he married Florence Moody. They had one daughter. Before being becoming Mayor, Ament was president of the library board which oversaw the construction of the Berkeley Public Library. He joined the Berkeley City Council in May of 1932, and became Mayor in December of the same year. He died of heart failure on February 25, … Wikipedia
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