Merritt Clark
Merritt Clark (February 11, 1803 – May 5, 1898) was an American businessperson and politician from Vermont.
Clark was born in
Poultney, Vermont and was involved in the mercantile business.[1][2] A member of the Democratic Party, he was elected to the Vermont House of Representatives in 1832–33, 1839, and 1865–66, and to the Vermont Senate in 1863-64 and 1868–69, as well as the 1870 Vermont Constitutional Convention. He was the first president of the Rutland and Washington Railroad.[3]
In 1870, he was a member of the Vermont Board of Education, which published a report critical of the state's
normal schools (teacher training institutions).[4]
References
- ^ The History of Rutland Co. - Chapter XVII. Part Two. The County Bar
- ^ 'Proceedings of the Grand Council of Select and Royal Masters of the State of Vermont at the Fortieth-Fifth Assembly, in Burlington, Vermont. June 14, 1898, Vol. 4, No. 3, Journal Company Book and Job Printing, Windsor, Vermont, Biographical Sketch of Merrill Clark, pg 11-12
- ^ Clark/Field Families Collection, Special Collections, University of Vermont Library
- ^ "Inaugural address of John A. Mead, As it appears in the Journal of the Joint Assembly, Biennial Session 1910" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-15. Retrieved 2008-10-20.
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