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Revision as of 23:02, 16 January 2013
Edwin Albert Merritt (July 25, 1860 Pierrepont, St. Lawrence County, New York - December 4, 1914 Potsdam, St. Lawrence Co., NY) was an American politician from New York.
Life
He was the son of Edwin Atkins Merritt (1828–1916), and was known all his life as Edwin A. Merritt, Jr. although father and son had different middle names.
Merritt Jr. graduated from Yale University in 1884. While at Yale, he was prominent among the undergraduate founders of the Wolf's Head Society, established in 1883 as The Third Society by the Phelps Trust Association. The society was founded with the aid of over 300 Yale alumni, including James Smith Bush, Charles Phelps Taft, Charles W. Harkness and William L. Harkness.
Merritt was a member of the New York State Assembly (St. Lawrence Co., 2nd D.) in 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911 and 1912; and was Speaker in 1912.
He was an alternate delegate to the 1908 Republican National Convention, and a delegate to the 1912 Republican National Convention.
He was elected to the 62nd United States Congress, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of George R. Malby, and was re-elected to the 63rd United States Congress, holding office from November 5, 1912 until his death.
He is buried at Pierrepont Hill Cemetery in Pierrepont, N.Y.
Sources
- United States Congress. "Edwin Albert Merritt (id: M000660)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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