Orange Merwin

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Orange Merwin (April 7, 1777 – September 4, 1853) was a United States representative from Connecticut. He was born in Merryall, Connecticut and attended the common schools. He later engaged in agricultural pursuits.

Merwin was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives 1815-1820 and was a delegate to the Connecticut constitutional convention in 1818. He later served in the Connecticut Senate 1821-1825. He was also a member of the committee of twenty-four to draft the state constitution.

Merwin was elected as an Adams candidate to the Nineteenth and Twentieth Congresses (March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1829). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1828. He resumed agricultural pursuits and was an unsuccessful candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut in 1831. He died in New Milford, Connecticut in 1853 and was buried in Center Cemetery.

References

United States Congress. "Orange Merwin (id: M000665)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

U.S. House of Representatives

Preceded by

Lemuel Whitman

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Connecticut's at-large congressional district
1825–1829

Succeeded by

Ebenezer Young

United States representatives from Connecticut

1789–1837

Seat A	B. Huntington Hillhouse Davenport Edmond Tallmadge T. S. Williams Tomlinson Plant Ellsworth Jos. Trumbull Toucey
Seat B	Sherman Learned Goodrich Perkins Baldwin Moseley Sterling Baldwin J. Huntington Miner Ingham
Seat C	Sturges Coit Brace J. Smith Dwight Champion Holmes Gilbert Foot Burrows Foot R. Ingersoll Foot Jackson Haley
Seat D	Jon. Trumbull Griswold Pitkin Russ Whitman Merwin Young Wildman Whittlesey

1903–1913

1933–1965

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