Amanda Merrill | |
State Senate: | New Hampshire |
State: | New Hampshire |
District: | 21st |
Term: | 2008-2012 |
Preceded: | Iris Estabrook |
Succeeded: | Martha Fuller Clark |
Birth Date: | 9 May 1951 |
Birth Place: | Amesbury, Massachusetts, US |
Spouse: | Kenneth Fuld |
Children: | Anna Fuld Sam Fuld |
Party: | Democratic |
Amanda Merrill (born May 9, 1951) is an American politician. She 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.