Joseph Fitch (August 27, 1857 – April 7, 1917) was an American lawyer, politician, and judge from New York.
[3] In 1885, Fitch was elected to the New York State Assembly as a Democrat, representing the Queens County 1st District.
[5] While in the Assembly, he originated and passed a bill that established the Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery.
He was also counsel to the Flushing Village Board of Health from its organization in 1891 until the Greater New York consolidation.
In the 1894 United States House of Representatives election, he unsuccessfully ran as a Democrat in New York's 1st congressional district.