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Mostly in newspaper archives or old dissertations. I've been working on a couple of research projects, one of which is here: nejh.org/product-page/w… (or an earlier iteration here: newenglandhistoricalsoc…).
The Congressman in the '40s-'60s is Chester Merrow, and he had a memoir (mostly on foreign policy) called "My Life in Congress."
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Mostly in newspaper archives or old dissertations. I've been working on a couple of research projects, one of which is here: https://www.nejh.org/product-page/wolanin-the-five-day-congressman-the-jenks-v-roy-election-dispute (or an earlier iteration here: https://newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/the-new-hampshire-recount-that-went-on-for-19-months/).
The Congressman in the '40s-'60s is Chester Merrow, and he had a memoir (mostly on foreign policy) called "My Life in Congress."