George William Palmer (January 13, 1818 – March 12, 1916) was a United States representative from New York.

Born in Hoosick, he attended the common schools, the Schodack Academy and Yale College.

He was not a candidate for renomination in 1860, and was a delegate to the Republican National Convention at Baltimore in 1864.

He was appointed United States Consul to Crete by President Abraham Lincoln and was United States judge on the International Court for Suppression of Slave Trade on the West Coast of Africa from 1866 to 1870, when he resigned.

This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress