Samuel Haight Hammond (March 12, 1809 in Bath, Steuben County, New York – November 27, 1878 in Watertown, Jefferson County, New York) was an American lawyer, writer, newspaper editor and politician from New York.
He studied law, was admitted to the bar, and practiced.
[citation needed] He entered politics as an Abolitionist, then joined successively the Democratic Party, the Whig Party, the Whigs' Silver Grey faction, the American Party and finally became a Republican.
[1] In 1856, he returned to Bath and resumed the practice of law.
In 1864, he moved to Watertown, and there he died and was buried at the Brookside Cemetery.