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Boland</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bosa-bouckaert.html#247.91.77">Merritt W. Bosler</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boyd-boylan.html#063.00.42">Nancy Merritt Boykin</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chambliss-chancie.html#672.60.29">Merritt O. Chance</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandler.html#209.11.70">Merritt Chandler</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clements.html#082.44.39">James Merritt Clements</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/comstock.html#854.53.62">Merritt M. Comstock</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cooke.html#270.60.20">Merritt T. Cooke</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/coots-corbly.html#848.25.28">Merritt D. Corbus</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/curtis.html#610.26.11">Merritt Barton Curtis</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dawyn-day.html#920.19.76">Merritt H. Day</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/edman-edward.html#988.13.94">Merritt M. Edmunds</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/esaias-esters.html#809.14.11">Merritt J. Esmond</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ford.html#259.06.91">Leland Merritt Ford</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gallo-gambino.html#819.40.58">Merritt E. Gallup</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/garner.html#244.31.72">Louis James Garner</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gibson.html#237.28.76">Merritt H. Gibson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/greenaway-greenhut.html#767.96.80">Merritt Greene</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hansford-hanzl.html#238.03.97">Merritt D. Hanson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hapgood-hardie.html#014.46.35">Henry Merritt Hard</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harper.html#084.35.47">Merritt N. Harper</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/howard.html#239.07.76">Jacob Merritt Howard</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntly-hurlbut.html#349.63.99">J. Merritt Hurd</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jorden-joy.html#464.77.47">Merritt L. Joslyn</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kennedy1.html#519.56.97">Arthur Merritt Kennedy</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lamb.html#686.67.09">J. Merritt Lamb</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/landon.html#428.35.14">Merritt M. Landon</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lane.html#758.75.46">Merritt Lane</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee6.html#293.10.83">Merritt F. Lee</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/little.html#415.21.51">Merritt J. Little</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcfarlane-mcgavock.html#702.25.95">Charles Merritt McFatridge</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/meagher-meek.html#768.35.12">Merritt Cramer Mechem</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/miller6.html#017.33.99">Merritt Miller</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mitchell9.html#703.28.27">William DeWitt Mitchell</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/osborn.html#099.33.12">William Merritt Osband</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/paca-paganelli.html#875.16.97">Merritt E. Paddock</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/patty-payn.html#417.27.49">Henry Merritt Paulson Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/roberts6.html#630.80.12">Merritt Bardwell Roberts</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ryan.html#667.29.33">J. Merritt Ryan</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/salmon.html#839.59.46">Harvey Wallis Salmon</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seeligson-selby.html#558.72.94">Merritt W. Seely</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/snyder.html#308.29.31">Merritt G. Snyder</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sparling-spellman.html#590.61.18">Merritt Spear</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/steelman-steil.html#012.20.06">William Merritt Steger</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stephenson.html#349.73.76">Samuel Merritt Stephenson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sword-szymczak.html#688.74.58">Luther Merritt Swygert</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/taylor6.html#712.86.63">Mrs. Merritt I. Taylor</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thornton.html#632.05.03">Merritt Thornton</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/toncray-toolan.html#870.91.30">Merritt E. Tooker</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/underwood.html#739.27.14">Merritt W. Underwood</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/urbahns-uttley.html#424.63.22">Merritt L. Usher</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/urbahns-uttley.html#585.76.27">Merritt O. Utley</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walsworth-walther.html#999.49.51">Merritt Walters</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/welch.html#358.44.81">Merritt Welch</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/white6.html#354.59.90">Merritt F. White</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilcoxon-wiles.html#786.93.48">John T. Wilder</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/willison-wilshire.html#350.47.95">Merritt A. Willson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilson6.html#385.54.49">Merritt Wilson</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="555.53.22">Merritt, (need first name)</a> — of Hartford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/stsen.html">Connecticut state senate</a> 2nd District; elected 1926; defeated, 1928. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="658.18.72">Merritt, Abram</a> — of Nyack, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RO-lived.html">Rockland County</a>, N.Y. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1884/NY.html">1884</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="318.03.03">Merritt, Albert</a> (d. 1911) — of Camden, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/CA-lived.html">Camden County</a>, N.J.; Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-lived.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y. Born in Quincy, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/NO-born.html">Norfolk County</a>, Mass. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/stsen.html">New Jersey state senate</a> from Camden County, 1882-84. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-died.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1911/03-03.html">March 3, 1911</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="085.30.00">Merritt, Alice P.</a> — also known as Mrs. Joseph Merritt — of Hartford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/CT.html">Connecticut Republican State Central Committee</a>, 1927-30. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Merritt, B. F., Jr. See <a href="#329.22.05">Benjamin Franklin B. F. Merritt Jr.</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="329.22.05">Merritt, Benjamin Franklin B. F., Jr.</a> — also known as B. F. Merritt, Jr. — of Macon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/BB-lived.html">Bibb County</a>, Ga. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/macon.html">Mayor of Macon, Ga.</a>, 1954-59, 1964-67. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Presumably named for: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/franklin.html#370.29.47">Benjamin Franklin</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="765.22.92">Merritt, C. H.</a> — of Pleasantville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WE-lived.html">Westchester County</a>, N.Y. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/pleasantville.html#2">Pleasantville, N.Y.</a>, 1881. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Merritt, Mrs. Charles W. See <a href="#793.49.43">Mary Martha Merritt</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Merritt, Cheri See <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/barry.html#500.64.56">Cheri Barry</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="410.65.92">Merritt, Clarence</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas</a>, 1914-20. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="722.72.04">Merritt, Dorothy</a> — of Salem, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/MR-lived.html">Marion County</a>, Ill. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/IL.html">1948</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="536.12.38">Merritt, Douglas N.</a> — of Kansas. Libertarian. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Kansas</a>, 1984. Still living as of 1984. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="779.74.77">Merritt, Earl W.</a> — of Salem, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/MR-lived.html">Marion County</a>, Ill. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/trea.html">Illinois state treasurer</a>, 1944; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/IL.html">1952</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="958.52.35">Merritt, Ed</a> — Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Texas</a> 1st District, 1996. Still living as of 1996. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="858.55.20">Merritt, Edward L.</a> — of Kingston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/UL-lived.html">Ulster County</a>, N.Y. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/kingston.html#3">Kingston, N.Y.</a>, 1930-34. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="247.07.33">Merritt, Edwin Albert</a> — U.S. Deputy Consul General in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ED-consuls.html ">London</a>, as of 1884. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="131.56.81">Merritt, Edwin Albert, Jr.</a> (1860-1914) — also known as Edwin A. Merritt, Jr. — of Potsdam, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SL-lived.html">St. Lawrence County</a>, N.Y. Born in Pierrepont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SL-born.html">St. Lawrence County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1860/07-25.html">July 25, 1860</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from St. Lawrence County 2nd District, 1902-12; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/spkr.html">Speaker of the New York State Assembly</a>, 1912; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1908/NY.html">1908</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1912/NY.html">1912</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a>, 1912-14 (26th District 1912-13, 31st District 1913-14); died in office 1914. Died in Potsdam, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SL-died.html">St. Lawrence County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1914/12-04.html">December 4, 1914</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/54.html">54 years, 132 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SL-buried.html# ">Pierrepont Hill Cemetery</a>, Pierrepont, N.Y. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="#657.87.63">Edwin Atkins Merritt</a>; married to Edith S. Wilcox.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000660">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407646">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin Albert Merritt">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/17349670">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="657.87.63">Merritt, Edwin Atkins</a> (1828-1916) — also known as Edwin A. Merritt — of Potsdam, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SL-lived.html">St. Lawrence County</a>, N.Y. Born in Sudbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/RU-born.html">Rutland County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1828/02-26.html">February 26, 1828</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/surveyor.html">Surveyor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/engineer.html">engineer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from St. Lawrence County 2nd District, 1860-61; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/cncn5.html">delegate to New York state constitutional convention</a>, 1867-68; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/trea.html">New York state treasurer</a>, 1875; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/NYcc nNY">U.S. Collector of Customs</a>, 1878-81; U.S. Consul General in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ED-consuls.html ">London</a>, 1882-85. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1916/12-26.html">December 26, 1916</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/88.html">88 years, 304 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Nodiah Merritt and Relief (Parker) Merritt; father of <a href="#131.56.81">Edwin Albert Merritt Jr.</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin Atkins Merritt">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="721.81.25">Merritt, F. D.</a> — of Auburn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/KI-lived.html">King County</a>, Wash. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Washington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/WA.html">1936</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Merritt, Franklin See <a href="#720.78.24">Matthew Franklin Merritt</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="143.82.17">Merritt, Freeman H.</a> — of White Plains, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WE-lived.html">Westchester County</a>, N.Y. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/whiteplains.html#3">White Plains, N.Y.</a>, 1907-11. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="629.99.38">Merritt, Freeman H.</a> — of Phippsburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/SA-lived.html">Sagadahoc County</a>, Maine. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/sthse.html">Maine state house of representatives</a> from Sagadahoc County (3rd), 1931-32. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="423.69.13">Merritt, George</a> — of California. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a> 23rd District, 1869-71. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="773.01.86">Merritt, George A.</a> (born c.1894) — of Andover, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/TO-lived.html">Tolland County</a>, Conn. Born in Andover, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/TO-born.html">Tolland County</a>, Conn., about 1894. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/postal.html">Mail carrier</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/paint-decor.html">painter</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Andover, 1921-22, 1939-40. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="624.20.25">Merritt, George R.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/LY-lived.html">Lyon County</a>, Ky. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/seccn.html">Delegate to Kentucky secession convention</a>, 1861. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="486.16.03">Merritt, George W.</a> — of Greenwich, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-lived.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/greenwich.html#3">Greenwich, Conn.</a>, 1906-15. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="472.43.13">Merritt, Gilbert Stroud, Jr.</a> (b. 1936) — also known as Gilbert S. Merritt, Jr. — Born in Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-born.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1936/index.html">1936</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee</a>, 1966-69; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/us-ct-apps.html">Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit</a>, 1977-2001; took senior status 2001. Still living as of 2001. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=1626&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na">federal judicial profile</a> — <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/merritt-gilbert-stroud-jr.">Biographical Directory of Federal Judges</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="970.35.62">Merritt, Glen J.</a> — of Duluth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/SL-lived.html">St. Louis County</a>, Minn. Democrat. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/duluth.html#2">Duluth, Minn.</a>, 1933-63 (acting, 1933-34). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="067.70.51">Merritt, H. C.</a> — of Nebraska. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/ofc/reg.html">University of Nebraska board of regents</a>, 1883. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="072.13.45">Merritt, Harold N.</a> — of Bay City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BA-lived.html">Bay County</a>, Mich. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Bay County 1st District, 1928. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="954.59.54">Merritt, Harry D.</a> — of Spokane, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/SP-lived.html">Spokane County</a>, Wash. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Washington</a> 3rd District, 1910; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Washington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/WA.html">1924</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/committees.html">Committee on Permanent Organization</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="016.86.33">Merritt, Henry F.</a> — U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GR-consuls.html ">Aix-la-Chapelle</a>, 1885-87; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GR-consuls.html ">Chemnitz</a>, 1887-92; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GR-consuls.html ">Barmen</a>, 1893. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="466.96.94">Merritt, Henry W.</a> — of Wilkes-Barre, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LU-lived.html">Luzerne County</a>, Pa. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 12th District, 1928; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/wilkesbarre.html#2">Wilkes-Barre, Pa.</a>, 1931-33. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="963.42.66">Merritt, Isaac J.</a> — of New York. U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/BI-consuls.html ">Nassau</a>, 1857-61. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="225.37.30">Merritt, Israel J.</a> — of Whitestone, Queens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/QU-lived.html">Queens County</a>, N.Y. Democrat. Candidate for Presidential Elector for New York. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="582.58.70">Merritt, James</a> — of Indianapolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/MA-lived.html">Marion County</a>, Ind. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2008/IN.html">2008</a>. Still living as of 2008. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="891.55.46">Merritt, James B. III</a> — of Easton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/TA-lived.html">Talbot County</a>, Md. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1932/MD.html">1932</a>. Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/KE-buried.html#cms06909">Shrewsbury Cemetery</a>, Kent County, Md. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="942.09.39">Merritt, James D.</a> — of Harrison, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WE-lived.html">Westchester County</a>, N.Y. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/harrison.html#5">Thomasville, N.Y.</a>, 1827-28; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/harrison.html#3">Harrison Purchase, N.Y.</a>, 1828-36; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/harrison.html#2">Harrison, N.Y.</a>, 1836-38, 1848-54. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="252.46.39">Merritt, James S.</a> — of Port Chester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WE-lived.html">Westchester County</a>, N.Y. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/portchester.html#3">Port Chester, N.Y.</a>, 1901. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="584.07.87">Merritt, Jim</a> — of Florida. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/FL.html">2000</a>. Still living as of 2000. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="356.79.49">Merritt, John</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/stsen.html">Delaware state senate</a> from New Castle County, 1808. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="739.42.66">Merritt, John</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ON-lived.html">Onondaga County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Onondaga County 4th District, 1852. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="901.60.08">Merritt, John</a> — of Delaware. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1864/DE.html">1864</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="046.19.22">Merritt, John A.</a> — of Lockport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NI-lived.html">Niagara County</a>, N.Y.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-lived.html">Washington</a>, D.C.; Niagara Falls, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NI-lived.html">Niagara County</a>, N.Y. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/ofc/washington.html#2">Washington, D.C.</a>, 1899-1906; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/NYcc nNF">U.S. Collector of Customs</a>, 1909; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/NY.html">1916</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="247.33.37">Merritt, John A., Jr.</a> — of Pensacola, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ES-lived.html">Escambia County</a>, Fla. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/NO-consuls.html">Honorary Vice-Consul for Norway</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ES-consuls.html">Pensacola, Fla.</a>, 1950. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="260.76.74">Merritt, John B.</a> — of Baker, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/EB-lived.html">East Baton Rouge Parish</a>, La. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/ofc/eastbatonrouge-parish.html#5">Baker, La.</a>, 1889, 1901. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="822.13.67">Merritt, John E.</a> — Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/sthse.html">Minnesota state house of representatives</a> District 54, 1923-32. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=13953">Minnesota Legislator record</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Merritt, Mrs. Joseph See <a href="#085.30.00">Alice P. Merritt</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="106.48.29">Merritt, Joseph</a> — of Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1980/NY.html">1980</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1984/NY.html">1984</a>. Still living as of 1984. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="486.49.65">Merritt, Joseph</a> — Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/stsen.html">Connecticut state senate</a> 5th District, 2008, 2010. Still living as of 2010. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="403.86.22">Merritt, Katherine I.</a> — of Pelham Manor, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WE-lived.html">Westchester County</a>, N.Y. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/pelhammanor.html#3">Pelham Manor, N.Y.</a>, 1897. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="911.60.80">Merritt, Kent Wright</a> (b. 1851) — also known as Kent W. Merritt — of Shoreham, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/AD-lived.html">Addison County</a>, Vt. Born in Shoreham, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/AD-born.html">Addison County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1851/index.html">1851</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/sthse.html">Vermont state house of representatives</a> from Shoreham, 1888. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/unitarian.html">Universalist</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Merritt, L. M. See <a href="#688.78.28">Lucius Manlius Merritt</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="446.35.93">Merritt, Leonidas</a> — Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/sthse.html">Minnesota state house of representatives</a> District 54, 1893-94. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=13603">Minnesota Legislator record</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="688.78.28">Merritt, Lucius Manlius</a> (1824-1893) — also known as L. M. Merritt — of Pensacola, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ES-lived.html">Escambia County</a>, Fla. Born in Charlestown, Middlesex County (now part of Boston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-born.html">Suffolk County</a>), Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1824/07-22.html">July 22, 1824</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/AR-consuls.html">Vice-Consul for Argentina</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ES-consuls.html">Pensacola, Fla.</a>, 1870-88. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>. Suffered a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stroke.html">paralytic stroke</a>, and died four days later, in Pensacola, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ES-died.html">Escambia County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1893/01-14.html">January 14, 1893</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">68 years, 176 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ES-buried.html#cms00979">St. John's Cemetery</a>, Pensacola, Fla. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/24971900">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="479.67.42">Merritt, Lyman B.</a> — of Maine. Prohibition candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Maine</a> 4th District, 1902. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Merritt, M. Franklin See <a href="#720.78.24">Matthew Franklin Merritt</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="966.07.56">Merritt, M. W.</a> — Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Washington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/WA.html">1916</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="793.49.43">Merritt, Mary Martha</a> (b. 1922) — also known as Mary Martha Presley; Mrs. Charles W. Merritt — of Beckley, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/RA-lived.html">Raleigh County</a>, W.Va. Born in Tutwiler, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/TL-born.html">Tallahatchie County</a>, Miss., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1922/11-02.html">November 2, 1922</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Raleigh County, 1971-74. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Still living as of 1974. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Daughter of Curtis Edward Presley and Martha E. (Johnston) Presley; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1947/07-19.html">July 19, 1947</a>, to Charles W. Merritt.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="720.78.24">Merritt, Matthew Franklin</a> (1815-1896) — also known as M. Franklin Merritt — of Stamford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-lived.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn. Born in Flushing (now part of Queens), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/QU-born.html">Queens County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1815/03-02.html">March 2, 1815</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/stsen.html">Connecticut state senate</a> 12th District, 1859. Died in Stamford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-died.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/05-10.html">May 10, 1896</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 69 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-buried.html#cms00912">Woodland Cemetery</a>, Stamford, Conn. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Nehemiah M. Merritt and Phebe (Thorne) Merritt; married to Mariah Shaw; father of <a href="#949.17.32">Schuyler Merritt</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew F. Merritt">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/20302907">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="373.84.45">Merritt, Matthew Joseph</a> (1895-1946) — also known as Matthew J. Merritt — of Flushing, Queens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/QU-lived.html">Queens County</a>, N.Y. Born in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-born.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1895/04-02.html">April 2, 1895</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">real estate</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">insurance</a> business; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> at-large, 1935-45; defeated, 1938. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>. Died in Malba, Queens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/QU-died.html">Queens County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1946/09-29.html">September 29, 1946</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/51.html">51 years, 180 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/QU-buried.html#cms01530">Mount St. Mary Cemetery</a>, Flushing, Queens, N.Y. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Howard N. Merritt and Augusta (Port) Merritt.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000661">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407647">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="413.75.07">Merritt, Maurice A.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/OA-lived.html">Oakland County</a>, Mich. Candidate in primary for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cirjd.html">circuit judge in Michigan</a> 6th Circuit, 1959, 1966. Still living as of 1966. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Merritt, Nancy See <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boyd-boylan.html#063.00.42">Nancy Merritt Boykin</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="380.65.87">Merritt, Nelson B.</a> (b. 1914) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MI-lived.html">Midland County</a>, Mich. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1914/index.html">1914</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Midland County, 1947-48. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="155.30.88">Merritt, Norman A.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-lived.html">Washington</a>, D.C. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/ofc/washington.html#2">Washington, D.C.</a>, 1909, 1910-14 (acting, 1909). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="367.64.97">Merritt, Paul</a> — Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Texas</a> 18th District, 1972. Still living as of 1972. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="666.80.04">Merritt, R. E.</a> — of McKinney, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/CO-lived.html">Collin County</a>, Tex. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/TX.html">1912</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="811.20.24">Merritt, R. L.</a> — of Sparta, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/HN-lived.html">Hancock County</a>, Ga. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/stsen.html">Georgia state senate</a> 20th District, 1902-03. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="188.67.67">Merritt, Samuel</a> (1822-1890) — of Oakland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-lived.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif. Born in Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1822/index.html">1822</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/oakland.html">Mayor of Oakland, Calif.</a>, 1868-69. Died in Oakland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-died.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1890/08-17.html">August 17, 1890</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">about 68 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-buried.html#cms00611">Mountain View Cemetery</a>, Oakland, Calif. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="207.08.02">Merritt, Samuel Augustus</a> (1827-1910) — also known as Samuel A. Merritt — Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/sn-born.html">Staunton</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1827/08-15.html">August 15, 1827</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a> 10th District, 1851-53; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/stsen.html">California state senate</a>, 1857-62; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/ofc/cgdel.html">Delegate to U.S. Congress from Idaho Territory</a>, 1871-73; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/UT.html">Democratic National Committee from Utah</a>, 1892; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/ofc/tscj.html">chief justice of Utah territorial supreme court</a>, 1894-96. Died in Salt Lake City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/SL-died.html">Salt Lake County</a>, Utah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1910/09-08.html">September 8, 1910</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 24 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/SL-buried.html#cms02369">Salt Lake City Cemetery</a>, Salt Lake City, Utah. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000662">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407648">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="949.17.32">Merritt, Schuyler</a> (1853-1953) — of Stamford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-lived.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn. Born in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-born.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1853/12-16.html">December 16, 1853</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/manufacturing.html">Manufacturer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/cncn2.html">delegate to Connecticut state constitutional convention</a>, 1902; delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1908/CT.html">1908</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/CT.html">1916</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Connecticut</a> 4th District, 1917-31, 1933-37; defeated, 1930, 1936. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Died in Stamford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-died.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1953/04-01.html">April 1, 1953</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/99.html">99 years, 106 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-buried.html#cms00912">Woodland Cemetery</a>, Stamford, Conn. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="#720.78.24">Matthew Franklin Merritt</a> and Mariah (Shaw) Merritt; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1879/10-21.html">October 21, 1879</a>, to Frances Hannah Hoyt.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Merritt <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-road.html">Parkway</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-names.html">Fairfield County, Connecticut</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000663">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407649">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schuyler Merritt">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7256982">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="869.53.79">Merritt, Seymour</a> — of Liberty, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SV-lived.html">Sullivan County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Sullivan County, 1917. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="487.70.11">Merritt, Sherwood S.</a> (1817-1869) — of Norwich, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CN-lived.html">Chenango County</a>, N.Y.; Oxford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CN-lived.html">Chenango County</a>, N.Y. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1817/index.html">1817</a>. Democrat. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/norwich.html#3">Norwich, N.Y.</a>, 1854-61; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1864/NY.html">1864</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1869/index.html">1869</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/52.html">about 52 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CN-buried.html#cms02016">Mt. Hope Cemetery</a>, Norwich, N.Y. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married to Mary A. Wilcox.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/119897058">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="713.55.23">Merritt, Stephen</a> — Prohibition candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 14th District, 1878, 1880. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="688.42.91">Merritt, Sylvester W.</a> — of Fort Gratiot (now part of Port Huron), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/SC-lived.html">St. Clair County</a>, Mich. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/porthuron.html#5">Village president of Fort Gratiot, Michigan</a>, 1887-89. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="560.31.28">Merritt, Thomas E.</a> — Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1888/IL.html">1888</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="258.49.40">Merritt, Thomas P.</a> — of Reading, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-lived.html">Berks County</a>, Pa. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/reading.html">Mayor of Reading, Pa.</a>, 1891-93. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="906.71.45">Merritt, Tommy</a> — Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/sthse.html">Texas state house of representatives</a> 7th District; elected unopposed 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004; elected 2006, 2008; defeated, 2012. Still living as of 2012. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="194.98.66">Merritt, Vernon, Jr.</a> — of Montgomery, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MN-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Ala. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/AL.html">1956</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="121.80.87">Merritt, Walter Edward</a> — Candidate for Presidential Elector for Arizona. Still living as of 1968. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="967.95.19">Merritt, Wilbur</a> — of Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. American Labor candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from New York County 12th District, 1954. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="632.55.76">Merritt, Will H.</a> — of Seattle, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/KI-lived.html">King County</a>, Wash. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Washington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/WA.html">1912</a> (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/speakers.html">speaker</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="956.14.15">Merritt, William</a> (d. 1708) — of New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/newyorkcity.html">Mayor of New York City, N.Y.</a>, 1695-98. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1708/index.html">1708</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William Merritt (mayor)">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="654.67.66">Merritt, William</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NA-lived.html">Nassau County</a>, N.Y. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 3rd District, 1956. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="519.75.98">Merritt, William D.</a> — of North Carolina. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from North Carolina</a> 5th District, 1920. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="377.11.10">Merritt, William G.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/UL-lived.html">Ulster County</a>, N.Y. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Ulster County, 1922. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="038.58.13">Merritt, William H.</a> — of Cedar Rapids, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/LI-lived.html">Linn County</a>, Iowa; Des Moines, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/PO-lived.html">Polk County</a>, Iowa. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1860/IA.html">1860</a>; Union Democratic candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Iowa</a>, 1861; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/desmoines.html">mayor of Des Moines, Iowa</a>, 1880-81; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/desmoines.html#2">Des Moines, Iowa</a>, 1886-90. 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Founded in 1996, it is the Internet's most comprehensive free source for American political biography, listing 320,919 politicians, living and dead.</td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> The coverage of this site includes (1) the President, Vice President, members of Congress, elected state and territorial officeholders in all fifty states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories; and the chief elected official, typically the mayor, of qualifying municipalities; (2) candidates at election, including primaries, for any of the above; (3) all federal judges and all state appellate judges; (4) certain federal officials, including the federal cabinet, diplomatic chiefs of mission, consuls, U.S. district attorneys, collectors of customs and internal revenue, members of major federal commissions; and political appointee (pre-1969) postmasters of qualifying communities; (5) state and national political party officials, including delegates, alternate delegates, and other participants in national party nominating conventions; (6) Americans who served as "honorary" consuls for other nations before 1950. 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