William Duhurst Merrick

William Duhurst Merrick ( born October 25, 1793 in Annapolis, Maryland, † February 5, 1857 in Washington DC ) was an American politician of the Whig Party, who represented the state of Maryland in the U.S. Senate.

After he had completed his education, William Merrick studied at Georgetown University in Washington. He subsequently held a number of offices at the local level before he fought as a soldier in the British -American War. Between 1825 and 1832 he worked as an estate administrator (register of wills ) in Charles County. He then studied law, was admitted to the bar and practiced law in Port Tobacco.

Merrick's political career began with membership of the House of Representatives of Maryland 1832-1838 After the death of U.S. Senator Joseph Kent, he took from the January 4, 1838 his place in Congress in Washington. ; In 1839 he was re-elected. During his last until March 3, 1845 term of office Milliam Merrick was one of the Chairmen of the Senate Committee on the District of Columbia.

After his time in the Senate Merrick was first delegate to the Constitutional Convention of the State of Maryland in 1850. In January 1856 he was re-elected to the House of Representatives from Maryland, where he remained until his death the following year.