Samuel Wescott was an American politician.

Wescott served in the New Jersey State Senate from 1860 to 1862.

[2] Wescott incorporated the "Mutual Benefit Life and Insurance Company of the County of Hudson" in 1860.

His partners included Dudley S. Gregory, John Van Vorst, Edmund Kingsland, Garret Sip, John M. Cornelison, Hery F. Cox, Peter Bentley, Augustus A. Hardenburgh, and Jonathan D.

[3] Wescott donated land in Cannelton (now Darlington), Pennsylvania for the construction of St. Rose Catholic Church c. 1861[4]