Political party Republican Children Clinton Hart Merriam Resigned March 3, 1875 | Party Republican Party Name Clinton Merriam | |
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Preceded by Addison H. Laflin, Ellis H. Roberts Succeeded by Ellis H. Roberts, Samuel F. Miller Born March 25, 1824
Leyden, New York ( 1824-03-25 ) Died February 18, 1900, Washington, D.C., United States | ||
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.