| Samuel Hanford | |
| Office: | Member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Norwalk |
| Term Start: | October 1705 |
| Term End: | May 1706[1] |
| Predecessor: | John Belding, Joseph Platt |
| Alongside: | Thomas Betts |
| Successor: | Samuel Keeler, John Copp |
| Term Start2: | May 1707 |
| Term End2: | October 1707 |
| Predecessor2: | Joseph Platt |
| Alongside2: | Thomas Betts |
| Successor2: | Joseph Platt |
| Term Start3: | May 1708 |
| Term End3: | October 1708 |
| Predecessor3: | Joseph Platt |
| Successor3: | Joseph Platt, John Betts |
| Term Start4: | May 1711 |
| Term End4: | October 1711 |
| Predecessor4: | John Betts |
| Successor4: | Joseph Platt, Samuel Comstock |
| Term Start5: | May 1714 |
| Term End5: | October 1714 |
| Predecessor5: | Joseph Platt, Matthew Seymour |
| Alongside5: | Samuel Kellogg |
| Successor5: | Joseph Platt, Samuel Comstock |
| Term Start6: | October 1717 |
| Term End6: | May 1718 |
| Alongside6: | John Read |
| Successor6: | John Bartlett, Samuel Marvin |
| Term Start7: | October 1719 |
| Term End7: | October 1720 |
| Predecessor7: | John Copp, Joseph Platt |
| Alongside7: | Joseph Platt, Samuel Comstock |
| Successor7: | James Brown, Joseph Platt |
| Term Start8: | October 1722 |
| Term End8: | May 1723 |
| Predecessor8: | John Benedict |
| Alongside8: | Joseph Platt |
| Term Start9: | October 1733 |
| Term End9: | May 1734 |
| Predecessor9: | Joseph Platt, James Lockwood |
| Alongside9: | Joseph Platt |
| Successor9: | Joseph Birchard, John Marvin |
| Term Start10: | May 1735 |
| Term End10: | May 1738 |
| Predecessor10: | Joseph Platt, Daniel Hoyt |
| Alongside10: | James Lockwood, John Betts, Jr., Samuel Fitch, Joseph Platt, Thomas Benedict |
| Successor10: | James Lockwood, John Marvin |
| Office11: | Town Clerk of the Town of Norwalk |
| Term Start11: | 1707 |
| Term End11: | 1708 |
| Predecessor11: | James Olmsted |
| Successor11: | John Copp |
| Birth Date: | 22 April 1674[2] |
| Birth Place: | Norwalk, Connecticut Colony |
| Death Place: | Norwalk, Connecticut Colony |
| Residence: | S.W corner of East Avenue and Fort Point Street, Norwalk, Connecticut Colony |
| Spouse: | Isabell Haynes |
| Children: | Samuel Hanford, Jr., William Hanford, Thaddeus Hanford, Haynes Hanford, Hezekiah Hanford, Hanford Isabell Hall |
| Rank: | Captain[3] (October 1719) |
| Unit: | Norwalk Trainband |
Samuel Hanford (April 22, 1674 – February 2, 1751) was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Norwalk in the sessions of October 1705, May 1707, May 1708, May 1711, May 1714, October 1717, October 1719, May 1720, October 1722, October 1733, May and October 1735, May and October 1736, and May and October 1737. He also served as Norwalk town clerk from 1707 to 1708.He served as a justice of the peace for Norwalk in 1711, 1723, 1724, and from 1735 until his death in 1751. He served as a selectman for seven years.
He was the son of Reverend Thomas Hanford and Mary Miles.