Merritt J. Gordon (March 17, 1859 – June 5, 1925)[1] was a justice of the Washington Supreme Court from 1895 to 1900.
Born in Franklin, Canada East, Gordon attended the public schools of Clinton County, New York, later entering the Champlain Academy, from which he graduated in 1878.
[1] In 1895, Gordon was appointed to the superior court of Thurston County, Washington, by Governor Elisha P. Ferry.
[1] In April 1909, Gordon was indicted on a charge of embezzling over $9,000 from the Great Northern Railway Company,[3] but was acquitted in March 2010.
[1] In 1917 he was at the head of firm of Gordon & Easterday, and later formed a law partnership with Grover Nolte, though by 1921 he was in a solo practice, in which he remained for the rest of his life.