Alfred Morton Cohen (October 19, 1859 – March 9, 1949) was a Jewish-American lawyer and politician from Ohio.

One of his classmates was future President and Supreme Court Justice William Howard Taft, his lifelong friend and political foe.

[3] He previously studied law in the office of Samuel F. Cary, and after he was admitted to the bar he formed a partnership with L. W.

He was also president of the Peoples Bank & Savings Co. and the Bay Poplar Lumber Co.[6] Cohen served on the Cincinnati City Council for several terms, beginning when he was 25.

[8] In 1900, he was the Fusion candidate for Mayor of Cincinnati,[4] with support from the Democratic Party and Independent Republicans.

Devoted to improving interracial relations, he was chairman of the Community Chest's Negro division and its successor the Urban League.

[9] When he was 85, he worked to suppress Jim Crow barriers in Cincinnati's hotels and bars and used his prestige to gain guarantees of unbiased services from local businesses.

In 1925, B'nai B'rith initiated the Hillel Foundation, which promoted religious and cultural consciousness among Jewish university and college students and had Cohen's support.

He was also an honorary member of the Protestant First United Church, which was across the street from his house and which he attended frequently.