Samuel Booth (July 4, 1818 – October 19, 1894) was an English-American carpenter, builder, politician, and Mayor of Brooklyn.
[1] After finishing school at 14 Booth became a clerk in the wholesale grocery house of Thomas McLean on Maiden Lane.
When he was 16, he became an apprentice for Brooklyn carpenter and builder Elias Combs.
He served in that office for two years, but was hampered by the majority of the board of aldermen.
He was an active member of the Hanson Place Methodist Church, and served as superintendent of its Sunday School.