Silas Wood (September 14, 1769 – March 2, 1847) was a U.S. Representative from New York.

Born in West Hills on Long Island in the Province of New York, Wood pursued classical studies.

He graduated from Princeton College in 1789 and was a teacher at that institution during the five succeeding years.

He ran for Congress in 1799[1] and 1800[2] in New York's 1st congressional district, which he would eventually be elected to.

He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of State (Seventeenth and Eighteenth Congresses).