Nehemiah Curtis Sanford (1792–1841) was an American industrialist and politician.
Nehemiah Sanford was the son of Sarah Curtis (1771–1856) and her husband Stephen Sandford I (1769–1848).
Nehemiah Sanford became one of the chief founders of Birmingham, Connecticut and in 1833 was elected to the Connecticut Senate for the 16th District.
He married Nancy Bateman Shelton (1800–1880), a direct descendant of Thomas Welles, a Governor of the Connecticut Colony.
Their only son, Henry Shelton Sanford became an important American diplomat who founded the city of Sanford, Florida.