Charles W. Merriman

Charles Weare Merriman (June 19, 1856 – May 19, 1930) was an American physician, educator, and Republican politician from the Beloit, Wisconsin. He was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1897, representing southern Rock County.

Biography Charles W. Merriman was born in Beloit, Wisconsin, in June 1856 and lived most of his life in that city. He was educated in the Beloit public schools and graduated from Beloit high school in 1874.

He received his M.A. from Beloit College in 1879 and was hired as principal of the Danville Academy in Danville, Quebec. After a year, he returned to Wisconsin, where he was employed as principal of the high school at Evansville, Wisconsin, for five years. He then returned to Beloit, where he was principal of the Beloit high school for 1885 and 1886.

He returned to Beloit after a year of service. In his later years, he was active in real estate in the Beloit area, and constructed more than 400 homes in the city. He died of a stroke at his home in Beloit in May 1930.

Electoral history Wisconsin Assembly (1896)