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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MarylandWilliam Matthew MERRICK
(1818-1889)
MERRICK, William Matthew,
(son of William Duhurst Merrick), a Representative from Maryland;
born near Faulkner, Charles County, Md., September 1, 1818; was
graduated from Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., in 1831;
studied law at the University of Virginia at Charlottesville; was
admitted to the bar in Baltimore in 1839 and commenced practice in
Frederick, Md., in 1844; deputy attorney general for Frederick
County 1845-1850; moved to Washington, D.C., in 1854; associate
justice of the United States Circuit Court for the District of
Columbia 1854-1863; resumed the practice of law in Maryland;
professor of law at Columbian College (now George Washington
University), Washington, D.C., in 1866 and 1867; delegate to the
State constitutional convention of 1867; member of the State house
of delegates in 1870; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-second
Congress (March 4, 1871-March 3, 1873); unsuccessful candidate for
reelection in 1872 to the Forty-third Congress; resumed the
practice of law; associate judge of the supreme court of the
District of Columbia by appointment of President Cleveland
1885-1889; died in Washington, D.C., February 4, 1889; interment in
Mount Olivet Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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