Jonah Sanford (November 30, 1790 – December 25, 1867) was an American lawyer, jurist, and War of 1812 veteran who served briefly as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1830 to 1831.

Enlisted as a volunteer for the War of 1812 and participated in the battle at Plattsburgh, September 11, 1814.

Sanford was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-first Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Silas Wright, Jr., and served from November 3, 1830, to March 3, 1831.

During the American Civil War, Sanford raised the 92nd New York Volunteer Infantry and was elected its colonel.

His son Jonah Sanford, Jr. (born 1821) was a member of the State Assembly in 1874.