Hunter, W. Godfrey – Huntington, Samuel
Hunter, W. Godfrey
surgeon, state legislator, congressman, was born Dec. 25, 1841. He was a surgeon in the union army during the civil war. He was three times elected a member of the Kentucky legislature; and was a member of the fiftieth and fifty-fourth congresses.
Hunter, William
state legislator, congressman. He was a member of the state legislature in 1807 and 1809; a state counselor in 1809, 1814 and 1815; and was a representative in congress from Vermont from 1817 to 1819.
Hunter, William
lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born Nov. 26 1774, in Newport, R. I. In 1799 he was a representative in the general assembly of Rhode Island, and re-elected at different periods from that time to the year 1811, when he was chosen a senator in congress, and held his seat until 1821. He died Dec. 3, 1849, in Newport, R. I.
Hunter, William
lawyer, public official, was born Nov. 8, 1805, in Newport, R. I. In 1852 he was made chief clerk by Daniel Webster; in 1853 was offered the position of first assistant secretary, but declined. In 1866 he was appointed second assistant secretary of the department in Washington. He died July 22, 1886, in Washington, D. C.
Hunter, William D. H
physician, journalist, legislator, was born Jan. 8, 1830, in Lawrenceburg, Ind. After taking a scientific course in the Asbury university, he moved to Missouri, read medicine, and later attended lectures at the Ohio Medical college of Cincinnati. He practiced his profession in Missouri, but in time drifted into politics and journalism. For fourteen years he was editor and owner of the Missouri Ledger of Mexico; served as mayor of his city for several terms; was councilman and also postmaster for a long time. In 1864 he was elected a representative to the Missouri state legislature; in 1866 was appointed assessor of internal revenue; and in 1868 was a delegate to the national democratic convention. He was a director of the St. Louis, Kansas City and Northern railway, and other companies.
In 1871 he returned to Lawrenceburg, and since 1877 has been editor and owner of The Register of that city until he entered the banking business. He has been president of the Southern Indiana Editorial association; president of the board of education; and prominent in the public affairs of his city, county and state.
Hunter, William F
lawyer, congressman, was born Dec. 10, 1808, in Alexandria, Va. He removed to Ohio, and was a representative in congress from that state from 1849 to 1853.
Hunter, William H
congressman.
He was a representative in congress from Ohio from 1837 to 1839.
Huntington, Abel
physician, congressman, was born in Norwich, Conn.
He was a representative in congress from New York from 1833 to 1837; was collector of Sag Harbor under President Polk; and member of the New York constitutional convention of 1846. He died May 18, 1858, in East Hampton.
Huntington, Benjamin
lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born April 19, 1736, in Norwich, Conn. He was a member of the continental congress from 1780 to 1784, and also from 1787 to 1788, and a representative in congress under the constitution from 1790 to 1791, He was a judge of the superior court of the state from 1793 to 1798. He died Oct. 16, 1800, in Norwich, Conn.
Huntington, Collis Potter
was born Oct. 22, 1821, in Harwinton, Conn.
In Sacramento he commenced business under the name of C.
P. Huntington, but afterward established the wellknown hardware house of Huntington and Hopkins, which has continued up to the present day. The result of his labors is summed up in the acts of congress of 1862 and 1864, by which the government agreed to give lands and bonds to aid in the construction of the Pacific road. When Col. Scott sought to extend the Texas Pacific to the west coast, Mr.
Huntington rapidly threw the Southern Pacific across the desert wastes of Arizona and New Mexico, met Col. Scott's line east of El Paso and continued building eastwardly until he reached San Antonio.
Huntington, Daniel
educator, clergyman, author, was born Oct. 17, 1788, in Norwich, Conn. He taught a young ladies' school in New London, but in 1841 resumed his pastoral charge in North Bridgewater. He was the author of Religion, a poem delivered at Brown, Aug. 31, 1819; Triumphs of Faith, delivered at Andover seminary, Sept. 21, 1830; and a Memorial of his daughter, Mary Hallam. He died May 21, 1858, in New London, Conn.
Huntington, E. M
lawyer, jurist.
He was an emigrant from New England to Indiana, and about the year 1844 was appointed United States judge for the district of Indiana, residing at Terre Haute.
Huntington, Ebenezer
soldier, congressman, was born Dec. 26, 1754, in Norwich, Conn. He was twice elected to congress from Connecticut, serving from 1810 to 1811, and again from 1817 to 1819.
In 1799 he was appointed a brigadiergeneral in the army raised by congress when expectations were entertained of a war with France. He died June 17, 1834, in Norwich, Conn.
Huntington, Elisha
physician, lieutenant-governor, author, was born April 9, 1796, in Topsfield, Mass. He was lieutenant-governor of Massachusetts in 1853, and was at one time president of the Massachusetts Medical society. He published addresses and a Memoir of Prof. Elisha Bartlett. He died Dec. 10, 1865, in Lowell, Mass.
Huntington, Frederic Dan
bishop, author, was born May 28, 1819, in Hadley, Mass. He is the first protestant episcopal bishop of Central New York. He was in earlier life a unitarian clergyman, and in 1842 was professor of Christian morals in Harvard university. He entered the episcopal ministry in 1860, and was consecrated bishop in 1864. He is the author of Christian Believing and Living; Sermons for the People; Christ in the Christian Year; Steps to a Living Faith; Lessons on the Parables; Helps to a Holy Lent; Christ in the World; Forty Days with the Master; The Fitness of Christianity to Man; and Human Society. on
Huntington, Jabez
soldier, was born Aug. 7, 1719, in Norwich, Conn.
During the revolutionary war he was active on the committee of safety, and from September, 1776, was major-general of militia. He died Oct. 5, 1786, in Norwich, Conn.
Huntington, Jabez Williams
jurist, congressman, United States senator, was born Nov. 8, 1788, in Norwich, Conn. In 1828 he was elected to the Connecticut state legislature. In 1829 he was a representative in congress, which office he filled until 1834. He became a judge of the supreme court of errors; was chosen a judge of the superior court of his state; and was a senator in congress from 1840 until his death. He died Nov. 1, 1847, in Norwich, Conn.
Huntington, Jedediah Vincent
clergyman, journalist, author, was born Jan. 20, 1815, in New York city. He was a writer who was once an episcopal clergyman, but became a Roman catholic layman. He was a journalist in St. Louis for some years, and died in France. He was the author of America Discovered: a Poem; Alban, or the History of a Young Puritan; Poems; Lady Alice, of the New Una; Blonde and Brunette; and Rosemary, or Life and Death. He died March 10, 1862, in France.
Huntington, Joshua
clergyman, author, was born Jan. 31, 1786, in Norwich, Conn. He was one of the founders of the American Educational society in 1815; and was president of the Boston Society for the Religious and Moral Instruction of the Poor, which was founded in 1816. He was the author of the Life of Abigail Waters. He died Sept. 11, 1819, in Groton, Mass.
Huntington, Robert W
naval officer. Under his command the forces of the United States planted the American flag on Cuban soil and took possession of the island.
Huntington, Samuel
lawyer, jurist. He was a judge of the United States court for the territory of Michigan.
Huntington, Samuel
governor, was born Oct. 4, 1765, in Coventry, Conn.
In 1808 he was elected governor of Ohio and served until 1810. He died June 8, 1878, in Painesville, Ohio.
Huntington, Samuel
signer of the Declaration of Independence, was born July 3, 1731, in Windham, Conn. In 1764 he was elected to the general assembly of Connecticut; in 1765 was appointed king's attorney; in 1774 was appointed a judge of the superior court; and in 1775 elected to the council. He was a signer of the Declaration of Independence, and of the articles of confederation. He was a delegate to the continental congress from 1767 to 1784, serving as president in 1779; and in 1784 was appointed chief justice. He was governor of the state of Connecticut from 1786 to 1796. He died Jan. 5, 1796, in Windham, Conn.
Huntington, Samuel
soldier, lawyer, jurist, state senator, governor, was born Oct. 4, 1765, in Coventry, Conn. He moved to Ohio in 1800 and settled near Painesville. He was a judge of the court of common pleas in 1802 and 1803; member of the convention that framed the constitution of the state in 1802; and a senator in the first legislature and chosen speaker. He was a judge of the superior court in 1803; and afterward chief justice. He was governor from 1808 to 1810; and member of the legislature in 1811 and 1812. He died June 8, 1817, in Painesville, Ohio.