D. Bailey MERRILL, Congress, IN (1912-1993)

MERRILL D. Bailey , a Representative from Indiana; born in Hymera, Sullivan County, Ind., November 22, 1912; graduated from Indiana State Teachers College, Terre Haute, Ind., 1933; graduated from Indiana University Law School, Bloomington, Ind., 1937; teacher; lawyer, private practice; United States Army, 1942-1946; elected as a Republican to the Eighty-third Congress (January 3, 1953-January 3, 1955); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1954 to the Eighty-fourth Congress and for election in 1956 to the Eighty-fifth Congress; died on October 14, 1993, in Evansville, Ind.; interment in Alexander Memorial Park, Evansville, Ind.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present