Samuel Dickinson Burchard (July 17, 1836 – September 1, 1901) was an American farmer, businessman, and Democratic politician.

[1] Born in Leyden, New York,[2][3] Burchard moved to Beaver Dam, Wisconsin with his father Charles Burchard in 1845,[2] attended Madison University and engaged in the manufacturing of wool in Beaver Dam.

He relocated to Missouri, where he started managing a plantation in 1856 and raising livestock and then purchased a coal mine before returning to Beaver Dam in 1858.

[3] At the outbreak of the Civil War, he entered the Union Army as a lieutenant in the Missouri State Militia,[4] was later appointed assistant quartermaster of volunteers with the rank of captain, being stationed in New York, and was mustered out with the rank of major.

Burchard served as mayor of Beaver Dam in 1871, and from 1872 to 1874 he was a member of the Wisconsin Senate.