Samuel Whitney Hale (April 2, 1823 – October 16, 1891) was an American manufacturer and Republican politician in the U.S. state of New Hampshire.

[1] He attended public schools in Fitchburg before moving to Dublin, New Hampshire in 1845 to work in furniture manufacturing.

Hale moved to Keene, New Hampshire around 1859 to continue working in the furniture making business, eventually becoming head of the South Keene Chair Manufacturing Company and the Ashuelot Furniture Company.

[2] His success in the furniture manufacturing business enabled him to expand his interests, which grew to include banks, railroads and several other ventures.

Hale died at his brother's home in Brooklyn on October 16, 1891, and is interred in the Greenlawn Cemetery in Keene.