# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wesley-merritt
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:49:09.262Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wesley-merritt"
name: "Wesley Merritt"
slug: "wesley-merritt"
description: "Wesley Merritt was an American major general who served in the cavalry of the United States Army during the American Civil War, American Indian Wars, and Spanish–American War. Following the latter war, he became the first American Military Governor of the Philippines."
tagline: "Union Army general (1836-1910)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wesley_Merritt.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1836-06-16"
deathDate: "1910-12-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.83
  momentum:             5.468028355590562
  historical:           10.13989066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wesley_Merritt"
    title: "Wesley Merritt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%84%D9%8A_%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA"
    title: "ويسلي ميريت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%84%D9%89_%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA"
    title: "ويسلى ميريت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%84%DB%8C_%D9%85%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AA"
    title: "وزلی مریت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wesley_Merritt"
    title: "Wesley Merritt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wesley_Merritt"
    title: "Wesley Merritt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wesley_Merritt"
    title: "Wesley Merritt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wesley_Merritt"
    title: "Wesley Merritt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wesley_Merritt"
    title: "Wesley Merritt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wesley_Merritt"
    title: "Wesley Merritt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wesley_Merritt"
    title: "Wesley Merritt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%82%2C_%D0%A3%D1%8D%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B8"
    title: "Мерритт, Уэсли"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q889233"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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