Elisha Dyer (July 20, 1811 – May 17, 1890) was an American politician and the 25th Governor of Rhode Island.

During the Civil War, Dyer was the captain of Company B of the 10th Rhode Island Volunteer Infantry.

Dyer became a member of the Rhode Island Historical Society in 1837, and served on their board of trustees from 1845 to 1848.

[1] On March 5, 1884, Dyer was elected as a Veteran Companion of the Massachusetts Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States and was issued insignia number 3163.

[2] Industrialist Daniel Wanton Lyman commissioned a bronze statue "The Falconer" as a memorial to Dyer.

The statue was designed by Henry Hudson Kitson and installed in Roger Williams Park in 1893.