Clinton L. Merriam

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Clinton L. Merriam
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York
In office March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1875
Preceded by	Addison H. Laflin
Succeeded by	Samuel F. Miller
Constituency	20th district (1871–73) 21st district (1873–75)
Personal details
Born	(1824-03-25)March 25, 1824 Leyden, New York
Died	February 18, 1900(1900-02-18) (aged 75) Washington, D.C.
Political party	Republican
Children	Clinton Hart Merriam, Florence Augusta Merriam Bailey

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.