Orange Merwin (April 7, 1777 - September 4, 1853) was a United States Representative from Connecticut. He was born in Merryall, Connecticut and attended the common schools. He later engaged in agricultural pursuits.
Merwin was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives 1815-1820 and was a delegate to the Connecticut constitutional convention in 1818. He later served in the Connecticut Senate 1821-1825. He was also a member of the committee of twenty-four to draft the state constitution.
Merwin was elected as an Adams candidate to the Nineteenth and Twentieth Congresses (March 4, 1825-March 3, 1829). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1828. He resumed agricultural pursuits and was an unsuccessful candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut in 1831. He died in New Milford, Connecticut in 1853 and was buried in Center Cemetery.
Famous quotes containing the words orange and/or merwin:
“He hangs in shades the orange bright,
Like golden lamps in a green night,
And does in the pomegranates close
Jewels more rich than Ormus shows;
He makes the figs our mouths to meet,
And throws the melons at our feet;
But apples plants of such a price
No tree could ever bear them twice.”
—Andrew Marvell (1621–1678)
“This is the black sea-brute bulling through wave-wrack,”
—William Stanley Merwin (b. 1927)