Merritt Barton Curtis, (August 31, 1892 – May 16, 1966) was a United States Marine Corps officer with the rank of brigadier general during World War II.

He was also a lawyer who in 1960 ran for President of the United States in Washington with B. N. Miller and vice-president in Texas with Charles L. Sullivan under the Constitution Party banner.

Curtis was appointed executive officer of the Paymaster's at Headquarters Marine Corps in Washington, D.C., and served there until December 1944 under the command of Brigadier General Raymond R. Wright.

Curtis was promoted to the rank of brigadier general in December 1944 and appointed paymaster within Fleet Marine Force, Pacific.

In 1960, the Constitution Party put up retired Marine Corps Brigadier General Merritt B. Curtis for president, and B. N. Miller for vice-president in the state of Washington.