Merriam, Charles Edward, Jr. (1874-1953)

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University of Chicago

Amuse to Help Save Souls (Excerpt), October 9, 1910

Alexander Agnew McCormick to Jane Addams, August 20, 1912

Jane Addams to Alexander Agnew McCormick, August 21, 1912

Joseph Medill McCormick to Chauncey Dewey, November 19, 1912

Lessons of the Election, November 27, 1912

Something New in Politics, ca. December 1912

Amos Pinchot to Theodore Roosevelt, December 3, 1912

Theodore Roosevelt to Amos Pinchot, December 5, 1912

Frances Alice Kellor to Jane Addams, December 22, 1912

Harold LeClair Ickes to Jane Addams, January 6, 1913

William Draper Lewis to Sir, January 16, 1913

Illinois Progressive Service Committee List, ca. January 18, 1913

Paul Underwood Kellogg to John Rogers Commons, April 10, 1913

Speech to City Club Luncheon, November 7, 1913

Should the Chicago Aldermanic Elections Next Spring Be Non-Partisan?, November 29, 1913

Eleanor Daggett Karsten to Helen S. Gilbert, July 7, 1917

Paul Underwood Kellogg to Jane Addams, July 3, 1922

Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation Board of Governors and Chicago Committee list, ca. June 1926

Thomas Jefferson Centennial Election, ca. June 1926

Pres. Coolidge Lauds Jane Addams, ca. January 1927

Jane Addams to Charles E. Merriam, August 21, 1912

Announcement, Association pour la Sauvegarde du Droit es Gens, 1915

Illinois La Follette-Wheeler Campaign Committee to Jane Addams, et. al., October 8, 1924 (fragment)

Jane Addams to Charles Edward Merriam, December 17, 1925

Jane Addams to Charles Edward Jr. Merriam, June 27, 1927

Charles E. Merriam to Jane Addams, January 11, 1913

Charles E. Merriam to Jane Addams, February 11, 1914

Charles Edward Merriam Jr. to Jane Addams, December 26, 1921

Charles Edward Merriam Jr. to Jane Addams, March 17, 1922

Charles Edward Merriam, Jr. to Jane Addams, December 16, 1925

Charles Edward Merriam, Jr. to Jane Addams, June 25, 1927

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Birth Date

1874-11-15

Death Date

1953-01-08

Birthplace

Hopkinton, IA

Biographical Text

Charles Edward Merriam Jr. was a political scientist at the University of Chicago who served as an alderman in Chicago's 7th Ward from 1909-1911 and 1913-1917. Between 1914-1917, he served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. Merriam was an advocate for streamlining government, and it was the topic of many of his books and articles. Merriam ran for mayor as a Republican in 1911, losing a close election to Carter H. Harrison. Merriam joined the Progressive Party in 1912 and worked towards the election of Theodore Roosevelt. In the 1930s he helped tutor members of Franklin Roosevelt's government, and in 1933 he was appointed to the National Resources Planning Board. Merriam was also a leader of the Social Science Research Council.

Merriam married Elizabeth Hilda Doyle in 1901. They had four children: Charles J., John Francis, Robert E., and Elizabeth. Merriam died in 1953.

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1918 photograph from U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925

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DeLora, Renee

Bradley, Ed

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Public domain

Gender

Male

First appears

1912

Bibliography and Links

Charles E Merriam, 1910 United States Federal Census

Charles E. Merriam, New York State, Marriage Index, 1881-1967

Charles E. Merriam, U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925

Prof. Merriam, Noted Scholar, Dies at Age 78, Chicago Daily Tribune, January 9, 1953, p. 20.

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“Merriam, Charles Edward, Jr. (1874-1953),” Jane Addams Digital Edition, accessed October 7, 2024, https://mail.digital.janeaddams.ramapo.edu/items/show/3764.