Samuel Merrill (Indiana politician)

Samuel Merrill
Member of the Indiana General Assembly for Switzerland County
In office December 6, 1819 – December 2, 1822
Preceded by	Ralph Cotton[1]
Succeeded by	William B. Chamberlain
Indiana State Treasurer
In office 1822 – February 10, 1834
Governor	William Hendricks James B. Ray Noah Noble
Preceded by	Daniel Crosby Lane
Succeeded by	Nathan B. Palmer
Personal details
Born	(1792-10-29)October 29, 1792 Peacham, Vermont, U.S.
Died	August 24, 1855(1855-08-24) (aged 62) Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.
Spouse(s)	Lydia Jane Anderson (m. 1818–47); Elizabeth Young (m. 1849– )
Children	ten, including Catharine Merrill

Samuel Merrill (October 29, 1792 – August 24, 1855), a native of Peacham, Vermont, was an early lawyer and leading citizen of Indiana, who served as state treasurer from 1822 to 1834. Merrill attended Dartmouth College, and in 1816 settled in Vevay, Indiana, where he established a law practice and served in the Indiana General Assembly as a representative from Switzerland County (1821–22). Merrill resigned his position as state treasurer in 1834 to become the president of the State Bank of Indiana (1834–44); he also served as the president of the Madison and Indianapolis Railroad Company (1844–48) and head of the Merrill Publishing Company, which later became the Bobbs-Merrill Company. In addition to his government service and business ventures, Merrill was the second president of the Indiana Historical Society (1835–48), a founder and trustee of Wabash College, and an elder in the Second Presbyterian and Fourth Presbyterian churches in Indianapolis.