Clinton L. Merriam

American politician (1824–1900)

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Clinton L. Merriam

Member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
from New York
In office
March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1875
Preceded by| Addison H. Laflin
Succeeded by| Samuel F. Miller
Constituency| 20th district (1871–73)
21st district (1873–75)
Personal details
Born|

Clinton Levi Merriam

(1824-03-25)March 25, 1824
Leyden, New York, U.S.
Died| February 18, 1900(1900-02-18) (aged 75)
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Political party| Republican
Children| Clinton Hart Merriam, Florence Augusta Merriam Bailey

Clinton Levi Merriam (March 25, 1824 – February 18, 1900) was a United States representative from New York.

Merriam was born in Leyden, Lewis County, New York on March 25, 1824. He attended the common schools and Copenhagen Academy, Copenhagen, New York; engaged in mercantile pursuits in Utica, New York; moved to New York City in 1847 and became an importer; engaged in banking in 1860; returned to Leyden in 1864; elected as a Republican to the Forty-second and Forty-third Congresses (March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1875); retired from active business pursuits and lived in retirement at his house, "Homewood", on the family estate, "Locust Grove" near Leyden, New York. He died while on a visit in Washington, D.C., on February 18, 1900; interment in Leyden Hill Cemetery, Port Leyden, New York.

His children include the zoologist Clinton Hart Merriam and the ornithologist Florence Augusta Merriam Bailey.[1]

## References

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1. ^ Kofalk, Harriet (1989). No Woman Tenderfoot: Florence Merriam Bailey, Pioneer Naturalist. College Station, TX: Texas A&M University Press. pp. 3–9\. ISBN 0-89096-378-9.3-9&rft.pub=Texas+A&M;+University+Press&rft.date=1989&rft.isbn=0-89096-378-9&rft.aulast=Kofalk&rft.aufirst=Harriet&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Clinton+L.+Merriam" class="Z3988">

## External links

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*   * United States Congress. "Clinton L. Merriam (id: M000653)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
* Clinton Levi Merriam Papers, circa 1848-1899 from the Smithsonian Institution Archives

U.S. House of Representatives

Preceded by

Addison H. Laflin

|  Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 20th congressional district
1871–1873  | Succeeded by

David Wilber

Preceded by

Ellis H. Roberts

|  Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 21st congressional district
1873–1875  | Succeeded by

Samuel F. Miller

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