
Augustus Summerfield Merrimon (15 September 1830-14 November 1892) was a Democratic US Senator from North Carolina from 4 March 1873 to 3 March 1879, succeeding John Pool and preceding Zebulon B. Vance.
Biography[]
Augustus Summerfield Merrimon was born in Asheville, North Carolina in 1830, and he worked as an attorney before serving in the House of Commons from 1860 to 1861, in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War, and in the US Senate from 1873 to 1879, becoming known for his bitter Democratic partisanship. He served on the state supreme court from 1883 to 1889 and as chief justice from 1889 until his death in 1892.