D. Bailey Merrill

D. Bailey Merrill (November 22, 1912 – October 14, 1993) was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.

D. Bailey Merrill

Born in Hymera, Indiana, Merrill graduated from Indiana State Teachers College, Terre Haute, Indiana, 1933. He graduated from Indiana University Law School, Bloomington, Indiana, 1937. He was a teacher. He was a lawyer in private practice. He was in the United States Army from 1942 to 1946.

Merrill was elected as a Republican to the Eighty-third Congress (January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1955). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1954 to the Eighty-fourth Congress and for election in 1956 to the Eighty-fifth Congress. He died on October 14, 1993, in Evansville, Indiana. He was interred in Alexander Memorial Park, Evansville, Indiana.

References

  • United States Congress. "D. Bailey Merrill (id: M000656)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

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U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by
Winfield K. Denton
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Indiana's 8th congressional district

1953–1955
Succeeded by
Winfield K. Denton
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