William U. Saunders (1835 - September 1, 1883) was a barber, soldier, politician, and lawyer who represented Gadsden County, Florida, in the Florida Legislature during the Reconstruction era.
[6] He traveled the state rallying Black voters.
[7] Historian T. D. Allman wrote that racist revisionists tried to recast him as mulatto to deny his being a black man.
[8] An African American, he served in the United States Colored Infantry from 1863-1866.
He represented Gadsden County at the 1868 Florida Constitutional Convention.