Edwin Albert Merritt

Edwin Albert Merritt (July 25, 1860 Pierrepont, St. Lawrence County, New York - December 4, 1914 Potsdam, St. Lawrence County, New York) was an American politician who served as a United States Representative from New York. His father, for the Union Army, was Civil War general Edwin Atkins Merritt. Merritt pere served as the collector of the port of New York and U.S. Consul General to London.

Life

He graduated from Yale University in 1884. While at Yale, Merritt was prominent among the undergraduate founders of 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 Republican member from St. Lawrence County of the New York State Assembly from 1902 to 1912, and was Speaker in 1912.

He was an alternate delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1908, and a delegate in 1912.

He was elected to the 62nd United States Congress in 1912 to fill the vacancy caused by the death of George R. Malby and was re-elected to the 63rd United States Congress. He served from November 5, 1912 until his death in office.

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.
• The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Merritt at politicalgraveyard.com Political Graveyard