Chester Earl Merrow

Chester Earl Merrow

Chester Earl Merrow (born November 15, 1906 in Ossipee , New Hampshire , †  February 10, 1974 ibid) was an American politician . Between 1943 and 1963 he represented the state of New Hampshire in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Chester Merrow attended the public schools in his home country and then between 1921 and 1925 the Brewster Free Academy . He then continued his education until 1929 at Colby College in Waterville ( Maine ). Since 1929 he worked as a teacher himself. Until 1938 he taught at various schools in the states of Vermont and Maine. In the meantime, he studied until 1937 at Columbia University in New York City .

Politically, Merrow was a member of the Republican Party . He was a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives in 1939 and 1940 . He then worked as a news anchor and radio presenter. In the 1942 congressional elections, he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the first constituency of New Hampshire , where he succeeded Arthur B. Jenks on January 3, 1943 . After nine re-elections, he was able to complete ten consecutive terms in Congress by January 3, 1963 . In 1945 he was a delegate at a UN conference in London , and the following year he took part in a UNESCO meeting in Paris . In 1962 Merrow renounced another candidacy for the US House of Representatives. Instead, he ran unsuccessfully for his party's nomination for the US Senate election , which went to Perkins Bass . The Korean War took place during his time in Congress . During this time the Vietnam War began . The 22nd and 23rd amendments were also ratified.

Between 1963 and 1968, Merrow served as a special advisor to the US State Department. In 1970 and 1972 he ran unsuccessfully for return to Congress. Chester Merrow died on February 10, 1974.

Web links

• Chester Earl Merrow in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Chester Earl Merrow in the database of Find a Grave (English)