Samuel Hof (October 24, 1870 – March 10, 1937) was an officer in the United States Army during World War I.

Samuel Hof was born on October 24, 1870, in Boscobel, Wisconsin,[1][2] and graduated from West Point in 1894.

[3] Some of his classmates also became general officers, including Frank Parker, Hamilton S. Hawkins III, Oliver Edwards, George H. Estes, John W. Joyes, Ora E. Hunt, Pegram Whitworth, William E. Welsh, Briant H. Wells, John F. Preston, Francis L. Parker, Paul B. Malone and George Vidmer.

His four-year term came at the height of the Depression resulting in a significant decrease in funding for the Ordnance Department.

[1] His award citation reads: The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Army Distinguished Service Medal to Colonel (Ordnance Corps) Samuel Hof, United States Army, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished service in positions of great responsibility first as commanding officer, Frankford Arsenal from March 1918 to March 1919, where, by his indefatigable energy, outstanding administrative ability, and thorough technical knowledge, he brought to a successful production, basic tracer, incendiary, and armor-piercing small-arms ammunition, and supplied substantially all that was used by our troops; later as acting chairman of the ordnance claims board, where, by his energy, tact and business ability, he secured the settlement of outstanding obligations and later as chief of field service, ordnance department, where he perfected the organization and controlled the disposition of vast quantities of materials and plants left over from the war.