Henry Bennett (September 29, 1808 – May 10, 1868) was an American lawyer and politician who served five terms as a United States representative from New York from 1849 to 1859.

Bennett was born in New Lisbon, Otsego County, New York on September 29, 1808, where he attended public schools.

[1] He was the chairman of the Committee on Public Lands in the Thirty-fourth Congress.

In 1858 Bennett unsuccessfully sought renomination to the Thirty-sixth Congress, and resumed the practice of law in New Berlin, until his death.

Bennett died in New Berlin, Chenango County, New York, on May 10, 1868 at the age of 59.