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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | Truman A. Merriman |
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, New York , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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September 05, 1839
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| Died | April 16, 1892
(52 years)
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| Contributor | RMF |
| Last Modifed | RBH
Feb 20, 2011 12:05am |
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| Info | MERRIMAN, Truman Adams, a Representative from New York; born in Auburn, N.Y., September 5, 1839; attended the Auburn Academy and was graduated from Hobart College, Geneva, N.Y., in 1861; entered the Union Army in September 1861 as captain of a company which he had raised and which was attached to the Ninety-second Regiment, New York Volunteer Infantry; was mustered out as a lieutenant colonel in December 1864; studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1867; moved to New York City and worked as a journalist in 1871; president of the New York Press Club in 1882, 1883, and 1884; elected as an Independent Democrat to the Forty-ninth Congress and reelected as a Democrat to the Fiftieth Congress (March 4, 1885-March 3, 1889); was not a candidate for renomination in 1888, died in New York City April 16, 1892; interment in Fort Hill Cemetery, Auburn, N.Y.
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