Abraham John Palmer (January 18, 1847 – April 17, 1922) was an American physician, Methodist minister and politician.

Palmer was born in Frenchtown, New Jersey on January 18, 1847.

Palmer was elected in November 1912 as a Progressive with Republican endorsement to the New York State Senate (27th D.), and was a member of the 136th and 137th New York State Legislatures in 1913 and 1914.

[1] In April, 1913, he introduced a bill in the New York Legislature to repeal public utility franchises of all types after a term of twenty-five years.

[2] In February 1914, he announced that he would not vote with the Progressives anymore, after a combination of Democratic and Progressive legislators had elected Homer D. Call as State Treasurer.