Samuel D. Tilden (July 28, 1828 - July 13, 1893) was an American publisher. Tilden was a partner in the New York City based map publishing firm Baker and Tilden which was active in the 1850s. The partnership then reappears in the Hartford, Connecticut 1869 city directory. He was living in Colchester in 1870 and died in Hartford on July 13, 1873.