J. Mercer Burrell

J. Mercer Burrell was a state legislator from New Jersey in the 1930s.

He was born in Richmond, Virginia.[1]

He represented teenagers wanting to establish the Phi Delta Kappa sorority in Newark, New Jersey.[2] He served in the New Jersey State House in 1933 and 1935.[3]

He represented the "Trenton Six".[4][5] In 1947, Dr. J. O. Hill said the Essex County Colored Republican Council was being represented by Burrell as it sought to change the bill of rights.[5]

References
  1. Company, Johnson Publishing (November 26, 1970). "Jet". Johnson Publishing Company – via Google Books.
  2. "Our History – NSPDK, Inc – Alpha Chapter".
  3. "The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Burrage to Burrowes". politicalgraveyard.com.
  4. "The Crisis". April 1953.
  5. "N.J. Constitutional Convention: Volume 3 Page 88". www.njstatelib.org.
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