Samuel Livingston Breese (August 6, 1794 – December 17, 1870) was a rear admiral in the United States Navy.

During the War of 1812, he served under Commodore Thomas Macdonough at the Battle of Lake Champlain, and for gallant conduct at Plattsburgh received a sword and a vote of thanks from the United States Congress.

[6] He served in the Mediterranean against the pirates of Algiers from 1826 to 1827, and was in the Levant during the war between Turkey and Greece.

In about 1825, Breese married his first wife, Frances Hogan Stout (1806–1853), the daughter of Capt.

[1] Rear Admiral Breese died in Mount Airy, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, aged 76, and was buried in Forest Hills Cemetery in Utica, New York.