| Clinton L. Merriam | |
| Image Name: | Clinton Levi Merriam.jpg |
| Office: | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York |
| Constituency: | (1871–73) (1873–75) |
| Term Start: | March 4, 1871 |
| Term End: | March 3, 1875 |
| Preceded: | Addison H. Laflin |
| Succeeded: | Samuel F. Miller |
| Birth Name: | Clinton Levi Merriam |
| Birth Date: | 25 March 1824 |
| Birth Place: | Leyden, New York, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Children: | Clinton Hart Merriam, Florence Augusta Merriam Bailey |
| Party: | Republican |
Clinton Levi Merriam (March 25, 1824 – February 18, 1900) was a United States representative from New York.
Merriam was born in Leyden, Lewis County, New York on March 25, 1824. He attended the common schools and Copenhagen Academy, Copenhagen, New York; engaged in mercantile pursuits in Utica, New York; moved to New York City in 1847 and became an importer; engaged in banking in 1860; returned to Leyden in 1864; elected as a Republican to the Forty-second and Forty-third Congresses (March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1875); retired from active business pursuits and lived in retirement at his house, "Homewood", on the family estate, "Locust Grove" near Leyden, New York. He died while on a visit in Washington, D.C., on February 18, 1900; interment in Leyden Hill Cemetery, Port Leyden, New York.
His children include the zoologist Clinton Hart Merriam and the ornithologist Florence Augusta Merriam Bailey.[1]