Naphtali Daggett (September 8, 1727 – November 25, 1780) was an American academic and educator.

[1] Three years later, he became pastor of the Presbyterian Church in Smithtown, Long Island.

In 1755, the Yale Corporation persuaded him to return to New Haven to assist President Thomas Clapp in the pulpit, and to be considered for appointment as a college professor.

On March 4, 1756, the Corporation inducted him as Yale's first professor—officially the Livingstonian Professor of Divinity.

Daggett took up arms in defense but was taken prisoner and forced to serve as a guide.