Merritt Clark

Merritt Clark (February 11, 1803–1898) was a Vermont businessperson and politician. He graduated from Middlebury College in 1823.^[1] 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.^[2]

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).^[3]

References

1. ^ [www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~vermont/RutlandCountyHistorypage27.html The History of Rutland Co. - Chapter XVII. Part Two. The County Bar]
2. ^ Clark/Field Families Collection, Special Collections, University of Vermont Library
3. ^ Inaugural address of John A. Mead, As it appears in the Journal of the Joint Assembly, Biennial Session 1910

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Name	Clark, Merritt
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Short description	American politician
Date of birth	February 11, 1803
Place of birth
Date of death	1898
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