Samuel A. Carlson (1868–1961) was mayor of his native city, Jamestown, New York, US.
During his administration the Jamestown Board of Public Utilities (BPU) was organized.
[1] The BPU named the Samuel A. Carlson Electric Generating Station, a municipal coal-fired power plant in Jamestown, after him.
[2] As of 2023[update] no mayor of Jamestown had served as long as Carlson's 24 years.
In addition to his connection to the BPU, Carlson was an initiator and supporter of Jamestown's public hospital, public market, parks, roads and bridges, non-partisan elections, and new city charter.