Samuel McClary Fite (June 12, 1816 – October 23, 1875) was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for Tennessee's 4th congressional district.
He attended the common and private schools and graduated from Clinton College in Tennessee.
Fite studied law in Lebanon, was admitted to the bar, and commenced practice in Carthage, Tennessee.
Upon suspension of the court during the war, he resumed the practice of law in Carthage, Tennessee.
[2] In 1875, Fite was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fourth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of John W. Head.