Merritt Clark

Signature of Merritt Clark, 02/1855

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. ↑ 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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