Samuel Huntington

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | 368 words | Copyright

Samuel Huntington 1731–96, political leader in the American Revolution, signer of the Declaration of Independence, b. Windham, Conn. He was a delegate (1775–84) to and president (1779–81) of the Continental Congress before serving as governor of Connecticut (1786–96).

Bibliography: See A. E. Waugh, Samuel Huntington and His Family (1968).

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