Rodney Rufus Crowley (November 12, 1836 – 1913) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.

He was born on November 12, 1836, in Mount Holly, Vermont, to Parmelia and Rufus Crowley.

In 1875, he was elected on the Democratic ticket an Inspector of State Prisons, and was in office from January 1876 to February 1877.

[1] The office was abolished by a constitutional amendment in 1876, and the three last Inspectors of State Prisons - George Wagener, Crowley and Robert H. Anderson - left office upon the appointment of Louis D. Pilsbury as Superintendent of State Prisons.

On October 14, 1893, he was appointed Deputy New York State Superintendent of Banks taking over the duties of William F.