Truman A. Merriman

Truman A. Merriman, 1892

Truman Adams Merriman (born September 5, 1839 in Auburn , New York , † April 16, 1892 in New York City ) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1885 and 1889 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Truman Adams Merriman was born in Auburn seven years before the outbreak of the Mexican-American War . He attended Auburn Academy and graduated from Hobart College in Geneva in 1861 . During the civil war , he enlisted in the Union Army in September 1861 . He held the rank of captain of a company he raised himself and which was assigned to the 92nd  Regiment of the New York Volunteer Infantry . In December 1864, Merriman was retired as Lieutenant Colonel . He then studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1867. In 1871 he moved to New York City, where he worked as a journalist. He was President of the New York Press Club in 1882, 1883, and 1884 .

In the 1884 congressional elections for the 49th Congress , Merriman was elected as an independent Democrat in the eleventh constituency of New York to the House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded Orlando B. Potter on March 4, 1885 . In 1886 he ran as a Democrat for the 50th Congress . After his successful re-election, he declined to run again in 1888 and resigned from Congress on March 3, 1889 .

He died on April 16, 1892 in New York City and was then buried in Fort Hill Cemetery , Auburn.

Web links

• Truman A. Merriman in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Truman A. Merriman in the database of Find a Grave (English)