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Chester Earl Merrow Drinking Glass

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Date

ca. 1950

Dimensions

5 9/16 × 2 3/4 in. diameter (14.1 × 7 cm)

Accession Number

2007.015.000

Credit Line

Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives

Object Details

Chester Merrow, a New Hampshire “Orator, Statesman, Leader,” according to this souvenir glass, positioned himself as a bipartisan legislator in the House. Drinking glasses were expensive campaign giveaways; perhaps Merrow produced these for a special event, like a congressional or campaign luncheon. During his 20 years of congressional service, Merrow, a political scientist, took particular interest in Cold War politics and supported presidential foreign policy.

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