D. Bailey Merrill (November 22, 1912 – October 14, 1993) was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as a

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from 1953 to 1955.

Biography

Born in Hymera, Indiana, Merrill graduated from Indiana State Teachers College,

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in 1933. He graduated from Indiana University School of Law - Bloomington, Indiana in 1937. He was a high school teacher in Hymers, Indiana from 1933 to 1935 and a lawyer in private practice. He joined the

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in 1942 as a private in field artillery and rose to the rank of captain upon release in March 1946.
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, Washington, DC, 1971, page 1401. He served with the Two Hundredth and the 91st Field Artillery Observation Battalion in the

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Congress

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.

Death

He died on October 14, 1993, in

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. He was interred in Alexander Memorial Park,

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Merrill, D. Bailey 1912 births 1993 deaths Indiana State University alumni Indiana University Maurer School of Law alumni People from Sullivan County, Indiana Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Indiana United States Army personnel of World War II United States Army officers 20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives