William M. McFarland (April 1, 1848 – July 15, 1905) was an American newspaper editor, lawyer and politician.
He went to a public school and then graduated from Iowa Wesleyan University.
McFarland was also involved with in real estate and insurance businesses.
McFarland started the Brooklyn Chronicle newspaper in Brooklyn, Iowa and then the Estherville Vindicator newspaper in Estherville, Iowa.
McFarland died suddenly from a heart attack while at the Saint Paul Union Depot in Saint Paul, Minnesota.