Henry Wilbur Bentley (September 30, 1838 – January 27, 1907) was an American educator, lawyer, and politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1891 to 1893.

Bentley taught school for several years and studied law at his father's office in Morrisville and with Judge Foster in Rome.

He served as chairman of the Oneida County Building Commission, and as president of the village of Boonville in 1874, from 1889 to 1891, and in 1899.

[citation needed] He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1892 to the Fifty-third Congress[1] when Sherman defeated him and reclaimed his old seat.

[1][3] This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress