Stephen Bliss (March 27, 1787 – December 6, 1847) was an American Presbyterian minister and politician from New Hampshire. Adopted by a pastor uncle, Bliss graduated from Middlebury College, but failed to get licensed to preach. He then taught in New York before moving to Illinois along the Wabash River. Bliss spent the rest of his life in the region, eventually earning a license and ordination to preach with the Presbyterian church. Bliss also served two terms in the Illinois Senate.