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Tom Ament

Field	Value
name	F. Thomas Ament
office	Milwaukee County Executive
term_start	1992
term_end	February 26, 2002
predecessor	Dave Schultz
successor	Scott Walker
office2	Chairman of the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors
term_start2	1976
term_end2	1992
predecessor2	William F. O'Donnell
birth_name	Francis Thomas Ament
birth_date
birth_place	Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.
death_date
death_place	Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.
residence	Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.
alma_mater	Marquette University
party	Democratic

Francis Thomas Ament (November 17, 1937 – March 10, 2014) was the fourth Milwaukee County Executive, serving from 1992 until his resignation in 2002 amid a county pension scandal. Ament had served as chairman of the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors from 1976 to 1992.

Life

He graduated from Marquette University High School in 1955, earned his bachelor's degree from Marquette University in 1959 and his law degree from the Marquette University Law School in 1962. He was elected to the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors. He was selected as board chairman in 1976, and stayed on the board until he defeated Joseph Czarnezki to become county executive in 1992, replacing one-term legislator Dave Schultz. After a scandal over pensions for county employees, an effort was mounted by conservative special interest group Citizens for Responsible Government in early 2002 to recall Ament. The group collected over 100,000 petition signatures to force a recall election.

On February 21, 2002, Ament announced his retirement effective February 26 at a Milwaukee County Board meeting. By retiring instead of resigning, Ament remained eligible to claim his own pension. He was replaced by former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Janine Geske on an interim basis and by state Representative Scott Walker, a Republican, following a special election. After two terms as county executive, Walker would resign in 2010 ahead of being elected Governor of Wisconsin, on office he would serve another two terms in.

References

before=Dave Schulz| title=Milwaukee County Executive| years=1992 – 2002| after=Janine Geske (interim)

References

[http://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php/Citizens_for_Responsible_Government], ballotpedia.org; accessed November 26, 2014.
(2002-02-21). "Tom Ament Announces Retirement". WISN-TV.

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