Henry Laurens Mitchell (September 3, 1831 – October 14, 1903) was an American lawyer, judge, and politician.

[1] Mitchell was born near Birmingham in Jefferson County, Alabama.

[2] Mitchell was such a strong supporter of Southern nationalism that he had two members of his Masonic lodge expelled for fighting in the Union Army.

In July 1863, Mitchell left the Confederate Army to take a seat in the Florida House of Representatives, to which he had been elected while serving.

In 1888, Mitchell was appointed to the Florida Supreme Court, serving as an associate justice until 1891, when he resigned to start campaigning for governor.