Edward W. Hart (October 28, 1852 – May 27, 1924) was an American politician from New York.
[1] After finishing school, Hart worked as an office boy in the Howe Sewing Machine Company.
He later became a clerk for the wholesale dry goods house Cochran, McLean & Co. After it went out of business, he began drifting to city politics.
He then became foreman of a street repair gang with the Department of Public Works.
When the Marriage License Bureau was established in 1908, he was appointed its Chief Clerk.