Member of Congress
Truman Adams Merriman was a member of Congress, representing New York in the House of Representatives. He was born in Auburn on 5 September 1839 and received his early education at the Auburn Academy. After completing his undergraduate education at Hobart College in 1861, he joined the United States Army. He served as captain of a company that he had raised and that was attached to the Ninety-second Regiment, New York Volunteer Infantry. After mustering out as a lieutenant colonel in December 1864, Merriman studied law and was admitted to the practice of that profession in 1867. He relocated in 1871 to New York City, where he worked as a journalist and was president of the New York Press Club (1882, 1883, 1884). He won election as an Independent Democrat to the Forty-ninth Congress in 1884, and won re-election as a Democrat to the Fiftieth Congress in 1886; he was not a candidate for renomination in 1888. Stahlnecker died in New York City on 16 April 1892 and was interred in Fort Hill Cemetery, Auburn.
Truman Adams Merriman was a member of Congress, representing New York in the House of Representatives. He was born in Auburn on 5 September 1839 and received his early education at the Auburn Academy. After completing his undergraduate education at Hobart College in 1861, he joined the United States Army. He served as captain of a company that he had raised and that was attached to the Ninety-second Regiment, New York Volunteer Infantry. After mustering out as a lieutenant colonel in December 1864, Merriman studied law and was admitted to the practice of that profession in 1867. He relocated in 1871 to New York City, where he worked as a journalist and was president of the New York Press Club (1882, 1883, 1884). He won election as an Independent Democrat to the Forty-ninth Congress in 1884, and won re-election as a Democrat to the Fiftieth Congress in 1886; he was not a candidate for renomination in 1888. Stahlnecker died in New York City on 16 April 1892 and was interred in Fort Hill Cemetery, Auburn.
