Josiah Ogden Hoffman (April 14, 1766 – January 24, 1837) was an American lawyer and politician.

He studied law, was admitted to the bar, and practiced in New York City, and entered politics as a Federalist.

In 1828, he was appointed as one of the first justices (with Samuel Jones and Thomas J. Oakley) of the then established New York City Superior Court, and remained on the bench until his death in 1837.

[3] On February 16, 1789, he married Mary Colden (1770–1797), and they had four children, including: He was a member of the New York Society Library, which has records of some of the books he borrowed between 1790 and 1805.

Maria's sister, Mary Eliza Fenno (d. 1817) married Gulian C. Verplanck.