Leonidas Merritt

[1] Merriitt was born in Chautauqua County, New York.

Merritt was involved in the railroad, banking, and mining businesses.

Merritt served in the Minnesota Cavalry Company B during the American Civil War.

Merritt served in the Minnesota House of Representatives in 1893 and 1894 and was a Republican.

His great-nephew Brian Merritt Bergson also served in the Minnesota Legislature.

Black and white photograph of Leonidas Merritt, Lewis J. Merritt, Andrus R. Merritt, Alfred Merritt, Lucien F. Merritt, Cassius Clay Merritt, Hephzibah Jewett Merritt, Lewis H. Merritt, Jerome Merritt, and Napoleon B. Merritt. — 1871 photograph of the Merritt family.
Top row: Leonidas Merritt, Lewis J. Merritt, Andrus R. Merritt, Alfred Merritt, Lucien F. Merritt.
Bottom row: Cassius Clay Merritt, Hephzibah Jewett Merritt, Lewis H. Merritt, Jerome Merritt, Napoleon B. Merritt.

Statue of Leonidas Merritt in Mountain Iron, Minnesota .