Silas Wright Burt (April 5, 1830 – November 30, 1912) was a civil service reformer and naval officer of the port of New York.
President Rutherford B. Hayes appointed him Naval Officer of the Port of New York in 1878 as a part of his efforts to reform the civil service structure there.
After his term expired in 1883, President Chester A. Arthur appointed Burt to be Chief Examiner of the Civil Service System for the state of New York.
His brother, James Burt, was also a customs official in New York as well as a banker.
Early Days in New England: Life and Times of Henry Burt of Springfield and Some of His Descendants.