Theodore Weld Burdick (October 7, 1836 – July 16, 1898) was an American banker, Civil War veteran and politician who one term served as a Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 3rd congressional district, serving from 1877 to 1879.

He moved with his parents to Decorah, Iowa, in 1853 and at age seventeen became the community's first schoolteacher.

He was commissioned as captain and assigned to Company D the 6th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Cavalry.

[1] He served for three years in the Department of the Northwest, in response to uprisings in southern Minnesota and Dakota Territory by Native Americans against settlers.

This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress