Clinton L. Merriam
Politician
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'>Clinton Hart Merriam and the ornithologist Florence Augusta Merriam Bailey.
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| Birth date | March 25, 1824 |
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| Date of death | February 18, 1900 |
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