| Henry Palmer | |
| Honorific-Suffix: | M.D. |
| Office: | Surgeon General of Wisconsin |
| Governor: | William E. Smith Jeremiah McLain Rusk William D. Hoard |
| Term Start: | January 14, 1880 |
| Term End: | January 5, 1891 |
| Predecessor: | Erastus B. Wolcott |
| Successor: | Nicholas Senn |
| Order1: | 12th |
| Title1: | Mayor of Janesville, Wisconsin |
| Term Start1: | April 1866 |
| Term End1: | April 1868 |
| Predecessor1: | John Mitchell |
| Successor1: | Alfred A. Jackson |
| Birth Date: | 30 July 1827 |
| Birth Place: | New Hartford, New York, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Janesville, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Restingplace: | Oak Hill Cemetery, |
| Spouse: | Edna Almira Hoyt (died 1910) |
| Alma Mater: | Albany Medical College |
| Occupation: | Physician, surgeon |
| Allegiance: | United States |
| Branch: | United States Army Union Army |
| Rank: | Surgeon Brevet Lt. Colonel, USV |
| Serviceyears: | 1861 - 1865 |
| Unit: | 7th Reg. Wis. Vol. Infantry |
| Battles: | American Civil War |
Henry Palmer (July 30, 1827June 15, 1895) was an American physician and educator. He served as a Union Army surgeon in the American Civil War, and later became Surgeon General of the state of Wisconsin. He was also the 12th mayor of Janesville, Wisconsin, and was professor of surgery at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Chicago.
Palmer was born in New Hartford, New York, in 1827.[1] He graduated from Albany Medical College in 1854. Shortly after graduating, Palmer traveled to Europe for vacation and ended up volunteering as a surgeon in the Crimean War.[2] In 1856, Palmer moved to Janesville, Wisconsin.
Palmer joined the 7th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment in 1861. The following year, he was named Brigadier Surgeon of U.S. Volunteers and remained in the position until the conclusion of the Civil War. Additionally, he was chief surgeon at York U.S. Army Hospital.
Palmer would spend time as a member of the faculty at the University of Illinois College of Medicine. From 1880 to 1890, he was Surgeon General of Wisconsin. Palmer was twice Mayor of Janesville. He died in 1895.