William FLOYD, Congress, NY (1734-1821)

FLOYD, William, (grandfather of John Gelston Floyd), a Delegate and a Representative from New York; born in Brookhaven, Long Island, N.Y., December 17, 1734; pursued an academic course; served as major general in the State militia; Member of the Continental Congress 1774-1776 and 1779-1783; signed the Declaration of Independence; served in the State senate in 1777 and 1778; again served in the State senate 1784-1788; elected as an Anti-Administration candidate to the First Congress (March 4, 1789-March 3, 1791); unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Second Congress in 1790; moved to Westernville, Oneida County in 1794; unsuccessful candidate for New York lieutenant governor in1795; delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1801; again a member of the State senate in 1808; died in Westernville, N.Y., August 4, 1821; interment in Westernville Cemetery.

Bibliography

Maxwell, William Quentin. A Portrait of William Floyd, Long Islander. [Setauket, N.Y.: Privately printed by the] Society for the Preservation of Long Island Antiquities, 1956.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present