Persons

• Dr. Samuel Merritt
  Samuel Merritt
  Dr. Samuel Merritt was a successful San Francisco physician and also the 13th mayor of Oakland, California from 1867–69.Merritt was originally from Maine and moved to California...
  
   (1822 – 1890), a mayor of Oakland
• Samuel Augustus Merritt
  Samuel Augustus Merritt
  Samuel Augustus Merritt was an American politician who served as a California legislator, as a Congressional Delegate from Idaho Territory, and as a judge in Utah Territory....
  
   (1827 – 1910)

Fictional characters

• Gen. Samuel Merritt, the antagonist of the 1955 film Conquest of Space
  Conquest of Space
  Conquest of Space is a 1955 science fiction movie produced by George Pal which depicts a voyage to Mars. The science and technology were intended to be as realistic as possible...