district succeeded death_date death_place children birth_place party preceded term birth_date article_title state name
20th , 21st ellis h. roberts , samuel f. miller 18 february 1900 washington , d.c. clinton hart merriam , florence augusta merriam bailey leyden , new york republican addison h. laflin , ellis h. roberts march 4 , 1871 -- march 3 , 1875 25 march 1824 clinton l. merriam
 new york clinton l. merriam
clinton l. merriam

clinton levi merriam -lrb- march 25 , 1824 -- february 18 , 1900 -rrb- 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 -lrb- march 4 , 1871 -- march 3 , 1875 -rrb- ; 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 .
