Ambrose Franklin Hileman (September 1, 1851 – December 12, 1898) was a politician from North Carolina.

He holds a unique place in the history of the state, as he was the only member of a third party to serve as Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives.

Hileman represented Cabarrus County, North Carolina in the House in the 1891, 1895, and 1897 sessions.

[3] As speaker, he oversaw the fusionist majority enact liberalized election laws which expanded voter turnout, laws enacted which expanded financial appropriations for schools, while also reestablishing county superintendents, and oversaw a law which established a direct election for the previously appointed office of Commissioner of Agriculture.

[4] The fusionists lost their majorities in the controversial 1898 legislative elections to the Democrats.