Henry Tillinghast Sisson (August 20, 1831 – October 19, 1910) was a colonel in the Union Army during the American Civil War, a lieutenant governor of Rhode Island from 1875 to 1877 serving under Governor Henry Lippitt, and inventor and manufacturer of a binder for papers.

He was a lifelong resident of Little Compton, Rhode Island, and inherited a stone mansion at Sakonnet Point.

Sisson was commissioned as a lieutenant and paymaster for the 1st Rhode Island Detached Militia (aka.

In April 1862 he was commissioned as major of the 3rd Rhode Island Heavy Artillery and commanded three companies (B, F and K) of that regiment at the Battle of Secessionville, South Carolina.

[1] About 1919, a life size statue of Colonel Sisson was unveiled in the cemetery by then Massachusetts governor Calvin Coolidge.