Amanda Merrill | |
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Member of the New Hampshire Senate from the 21st district | |
In office 2008-2012 | |
Preceded by | Iris Estabrook |
Succeeded by | Martha Fuller Clark |
Personal details | |
Born | Amesbury,Massachusetts | May 9,1951
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse | Kenneth Fuld |
Children | Anna Fuld Sam Fuld |
Amanda Merrill (born May 9,1951) is a Democratic former member of the New Hampshire Senate from Durham,serving from 2008 to 2012. [1] She represented Senate District 21,which comprised Dover,Durham,Epping,Lee,and Rollinsford. Merrill served on the Education;Election Law and Veteran's Affairs;Energy,Environment and Economic Development;and Wildlife,Fish and Game and Agriculture committees in the Senate. [2]
Merrill lives in Durham with her husband,Kenneth Fuld,who is Dean of the College of Liberal Arts at the University of New Hampshire. [2] They have two children,Anna and Sam Fuld,an outfielder in Major League Baseball from 2007 to 2015 and now the General Manager of the Philadelphia Phillies. They also have a grandson.
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