| Henry Clinton Martindale | |
| Office: | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York |
| Term Start: | March 4, 1823 |
| Term End: | March 3, 1831 |
| Predecessor: | Micah Sterling |
| Successor: | Nathaniel Pitcher |
| Term Start2: | March 4, 1833 |
| Term End2: | March 3, 1835 |
| Predecessor2: | Joseph Bouck |
| Successor2: | David Abel Russell |
| Birth Date: | 6 May 1780 |
| Birth Place: | Berkshire County, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Hudson Falls, New York, U.S. |
| Resting Place: | Kingsbury Cemetery, Kingsbury, New York, U.S. |
| Alma Mater: | Williams College |
| Children: | John H. Martindale |
Henry Clinton Martindale (May 6, 1780 in Berkshire County, Massachusetts - April 22, 1860 in Sandy Hill, Washington County, New York) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.
He graduated from Williams College in 1800. Then he studied law, was admitted to the bar, and practiced at Sandy Hill (now Hudson Falls) from 1801 to 1860. His law office is located in the Hudson Falls Historic District, added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
Among the prospective attorneys who studied law under Martindale's tutelage was Silas Wright.[1] Martindale was Surrogate of Washington County from 1816 to 1819, and District Attorney from 1821 to 1828.
Martindale was elected as an Adams-Clay Federalist to the 18th, re-elected as an Adams man to the 19th and 20th, as an Anti-Jacksonian to the 21st, and as an Anti-Mason to the 23rd United States Congress, holding office from March 4, 1823, to March 3, 1831, and from March 4, 1833, to March 3, 1835.
He was appointed by Governor William H. Seward as a canal appraiser, holding this post from 1840 to 1843.
He was buried at the Kingsbury Cemetery in Kingsbury, New York.
His son John H. Martindale was a Union Army general and New York State Attorney General.