{{short description|American politician (born 1923)}} {{BLP sources|date=March 2024}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox state representative |name = Merlin Hulse |image = |image_size = 180px |office = Member of the Iowa Senate |term_start = 1977 |term_end = 1985 |birth_name = Merlin Dick Hulse |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1923|9|21}} |birth_place = Clarence, Iowa, U.S. |death_date = |death_place = |party = Republican |occupation = Politician, farmer, educator |spouse = {{marriage|Darleen Prange|1945}} |children = 2 |relations= |alma_mater= }}
'''Merlin Dick Hulse'''<ref>https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/129294265/</ref> (born September 21, 1923) is an American former politician and farmer in the state of Iowa.
==Biography== {{expand section|date=September 2023|small=no}}
Hulse was born in Clarence, Iowa, to Richard and Eleanor Hulse . He graduated Clarence High School in 1941. He served in the Iowa State Senate from 1977 to 1985 as a Republican.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator/legislatorAllYears?personID=1028|title=State Representative|author=Iowa Legislative Services Agency|publisher=|accessdate=2 January 2015}}</ref> As of September 2020, Hulse lives in Tipton, Iowa.<ref>{{cite news |title=Birthday Merlin Hulse |url=https://www.thegazette.com/days-to-remember/happy-97th-birthday-merlin-hulse/ |access-date=16 December 2021 |publisher=The Gazette |date=13 September 2021}}</ref> He is a farmer and educator who was recognised as Cedar County Outstanding Young Farmer in 1957 and Master Swine Producer in 1965.<ref name="TIL">{{cite web|url=https://www.legis.iowa.govlegislators/legislator?ga=68&personID=1028|title=Senator Merlin D. Hulse}}</ref>
Hulse turned 100 on September 21, 2023.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.com/days-to-remember/100th-birthday-of-former-state-senator-merlin-d-hulse/|title=100th Birthday of former State Senator Merlin D. Hulse|publisher=The Gazette|date=21 September 2023|accessdate=8 February 2024}}</ref>
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