| William H. Kurtz | |
| Birthname: | William Henry Kurtz |
| State: | Pennsylvania |
| District: | 15th |
| Term Start: | March 4, 1851 |
| Term End: | March 3, 1853 |
| Preceded: | Joel B. Danner |
| Succeeded: | James Gamble |
| State2: | Pennsylvania |
| District2: | 16th |
| Term Start2: | March 4, 1853 |
| Term End2: | March 3, 1855 |
| Preceded2: | James Xavier McLanahan |
| Succeeded2: | Lemuel Todd |
| Birth Date: | 31 January 1804 |
| Birth Place: | York, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Death Place: | York, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Resting Place: | Prospect Hill Cemetery |
| Party: | Democratic |
William Henry Kurtz (January 31, 1804 – June 24, 1868) was a 19th-century American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania from 1851 to 1855.
William H. Kurtz was born in York, Pennsylvania. He attended the common schools and the York County Academy at York. He studied law, was admitted to the bar on January 7, 1828, and commenced practice in York.[1]
He served as prosecuting attorney of York County, Pennsylvania.[1]
Kurtz was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-second and Thirty-third Congresses. He served as chairman of the United States House Committee on Public Expenditures during the Thirty-third Congress.
He resumed the practice of law after leaving Congress.[1]
Kurtz died in York on June 24, 1868. He was interred in Prospect Hill Cemetery.[1]