S. Wallace Dempsey

{{Short description|American politician (1862–1949)}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

| name = S. Wallace Dempsey

| image = S. Wallace Dempsey.jpg

| office = Chairman of the Committee on Rivers and Harbors

| term_start = 1921

| term_end = 1931

| state2 = New York

| district2 = 40th

| term_start2 = March 4, 1915

| term_end2 = March 3, 1931

| predecessor2 = Robert H. Gittins

| successor2 = Walter G. Andrews

| birth_date = May 8, 1862

| birth_place = Hartland, New York, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|1949|03|01|1862|05|08}}

| death_place = Washington, D.C., U.S.

| resting_place = Rock Creek Cemetery
Washington, D.C., U.S.

| party = Republican

}}

Stephen Wallace Dempsey (May 8, 1862 – March 1, 1949) was an American Republican politician. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives from New York.

Born in Hartland, New York, Dempsey was an assistant United States Attorney from 1899 to 1907. He was a special assistant to the Attorney General from 1907 to 1912 and was in charge of the prosecutions of Standard Oil and certain railroad companies.

In 1914, Dempsey was elected to Congress and served from March 4, 1915, to March 3, 1931.

S. Wallace Dempsey died at age 86 in Washington, D.C. He is interred in Rock Creek Cemetery.