Merritt C. Ring
{{Short description|19th century American lawyer and politician}}
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|name = Merritt C. Ring
|state = Wisconsin
|state_senate = Wisconsin
|district = 11th
| term_start = January 5, 1885
| term_end = January 3, 1887
| predecessor = Charles M. Webb
| successor = George F. Merrill
|state_assembly1 = Wisconsin
|district1 = Clark County
| term_start1 = January 7, 1889
| term_end1 = January 5, 1891
| predecessor1 = Richard Dewhurst
| successor1 = Phillip Rossman
|party = Republican
|birth_date = {{birth date|1850|10|30}}
|birth_place = Milton, Wisconsin, U.S.
|death_date = {{death date and age|1915|7|21|1850|10|30}}
|death_place = Neillsville, Wisconsin, U.S.
|restingplace = Neillsville City Cemetery, Neillsville
|spouse = {{marriage|Ida Austin|1887|1915}}
|children = {{unbulleted list
| Blanche (Huntzicker)
| {{sup|(b. 1878; died 1951)}}
| Alice (Zerkle)
| {{sup|(b. 1883; died 1940)}}
}}
|profession = Lawyer
}}
Merritt Clarke Ring (October 30, 1850{{spnd}}July 21, 1915) was an American lawyer and Republican politician from Clark County, Wisconsin. He was a member of the Wisconsin Senate during the 1885 session, and was a member of the State Assembly for 1889.
Biography
Born in Milton, Wisconsin, he moved with his family to Madison and then Sparta, Wisconsin, where he went to school. He taught school and then went to the University of Wisconsin Law School graduating in 1873. He then practiced law with Clarion A. Youmans in Neillsville, Wisconsin. He also owned a livestock farm. Ring served in the Wisconsin State Senate in 1885 and then in the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1889 as a Republican. In 1892, Ring was appointed special statistic agent for the United States Department of Agriculture for Europe with offices in London, England. He also served as United States deputy consul general in London. In 1895, he was appointed attorney for the Chicago and North Western Railway. He died in Neillsville, Wisconsin.[http://www.usgennet.org/usa/wi/county/clark/0data/2/2102.htm History of Clark County, Wisconsin-Merritt Clarke Ring]'Wisconsin Blue Book 1889,' Biographical Sketch of Merritt Clarke Ring, pg. 503
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Category:People from Milton, Wisconsin
Category:People from Sparta, Wisconsin
Category:People from Neillsville, Wisconsin
Category:University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni
Category:University of Wisconsin Law School alumni
Category:19th-century American diplomats
Category:United States Department of Agriculture officials
Category:Republican Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly
Category:Republican Party Wisconsin state senators
Category:19th-century American lawyers
Category:19th-century members of the Wisconsin Legislature
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