- D. Bailey Merrill
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D. Bailey Merrill (November 22, 1912 - October 14, 1993) was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.
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.
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This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.Categories:- 1912 births
- 1993 deaths
- Indiana State University alumni
- Indiana University Maurer School of Law alumni
- Members of the United States House of Representatives from Indiana
- Indiana Republicans
- People from Sullivan County, Indiana
- People from Indiana in World War II
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