# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/samuel-merrill
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:43:05.653Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/samuel-merrill"
name: "Samuel Merrill"
slug: "samuel-merrill"
description: "Samuel Merrill was the seventh governor of Iowa from 1868–1872, as well as an officer in the Union army during the American Civil War."
tagline: "American politician, 7th Governor of Iowa (1822-1899)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Samuelmerrill.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1822-08-07"
deathDate: "1899-08-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.88
  momentum:             25
  historical:           5.677610666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Merrill"
    title: "Samuel Merrill"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B5%D9%85%D9%88%D8%A6%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%84_(%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A)"
    title: "صموئيل ميريل (سياسي)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%88%D8%A6%D9%84_%D9%85%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%84_(%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%DA%86%DB%8C)"
    title: "ساموئل مریل (سیاستچی)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Merrill"
    title: "Samuel Merrill"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Merrill_(Iowa_governor)"
    title: "Samuel Merrill (Iowa governor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A1%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%90%D7%9C_%D7%9E%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9C"
    title: "סמואל מריל"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2218672"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump