---
type: Person
title: "William Colton"
description: "NY House District 47 — NY State House of Representatives District 47"
role: "NY House District 47"
party: "D"
level: "state"
branch: "legislative"
state: "NY"
district: "NY State House of Representatives District 47"
represents: "us/states/ny/districts/house/47"
tenure:
  start: "1997-01-03"
  current: true
election:
  term_length: 2
  term_limit: "varies"
ids:
  person: "65a12747-af95-44cf-9379-6037b7cadf4b"
  office: "a1b8657f-5d72-4489-aaa2-154c40bfec24"
  tenure: "3c366f2d-1d3f-4dcc-99e8-607b77ae64f7"
  jurisdiction: "4bf7edbc-7f96-422e-a40a-8431afe3718e"
sources:
  - field: tenure
    source: "OpenStates YAML via GitHub 2026-06-20"
  - field: jurisdiction
    source: "SLDL (Census 2025)"
confidence: official
tags: [officeholder, state, legislative, ny]
timestamp: "2026-07-04"
---

# William Colton

Current NY House District 47 (NY State House of Representatives District 47).

Represents [NY State House of Representatives District 47](/us/states/ny/districts/house/47.md).

## Sources

- tenure: OpenStates YAML via GitHub 2026-06-20
- jurisdiction: SLDL (Census 2025)

Generated from the Atlas officeholders v3 export (2026-07-04).