William Floyd was an American politician. He was born in 1734 and died in 1831. He was a delegate from New York to the Continental Congresses from 1774 to 1783, and signed the Declaration of Independence. He was a State Senator from 1777 to 1778, and a member of the first US Congress from 1789 to 1791. He was a Presidential elector in 1800, 1804 and 1820, and again State Senator in 1808. Research William Floyd