William Taylor (October 12, 1791 – September 16, 1865) was an American physician and politician who served three terms as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1833 to 1839.
[1] Born in Suffield, Connecticut, Taylor moved with his parents to Onondaga County, New York.
Taylor was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Congresses and reelected as a Democrat to the Twenty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1839).
He served as chairman of the Committee on Invalid Pensions (Twenty-fifth Congress).
He served as delegate to the state constitutional convention in 1846.