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Samuel Huntington

1731 - 1796

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Samuel Huntington (July 16, 1731 – January 5, 1796) was a Founding Father of the United States and a lawyer, jurist, statesman, and Patriot in the American Revolution from Connecticut. As a delegate to the Continental Congress, he signed the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation. He also served as President of the Continental Congress from 1779 to 1781, President of the United States in Congress Assembled in 1781, chief justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court from 1784 to 1785, and the 18th Governor of Connecticut from 1786 until his death. He was the first United States governor to have died while in office. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Samuel Huntington is the 6,289th most popular politician (up from 16,631st in 2019), the 2,274th most popular biography from United States (up from 10,265th in 2019) and the 189th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Samuel Huntington ranks 6,289 out of 19,576. Before him are Salome I, Kurt Schumacher, Gülbahar Hatun, Al-Said Barakah, James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick, and Ferenc Deák. After him are Emperor Muzong of Tang, Infanta Beatriz of Spain, Jamasp, Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barcelona, Hans Jeschonnek, and Somchai Wongsawat.

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Among people born in 1731, Samuel Huntington ranks 7. Before him are Henry Cavendish, Maria Josepha of Saxony, Dauphine of France, Erasmus Darwin, Charles Lee, Martha Washington, and William Aiton. After him are Marcello Bacciarelli, Abraham Hyacinthe Anquetil-Duperron, Maria Fortunata d'Este, Ove Høegh-Guldberg, Gaetano Pugnani, and Christian Cannabich. Among people deceased in 1796, Samuel Huntington ranks 9. Before him are Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia, Robert Burns, Princess Augusta Wilhelmine of Hesse-Darmstadt, Juliana Maria of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, James Macpherson, and Alexandre-Théophile Vandermonde. After him are Pyotr Rumyantsev, Charles of Saxony, Duke of Courland, Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois, Johann Daniel Titius, Adolph Freiherr Knigge, and Shahrokh Shah.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Samuel Huntington ranks 2,274 out of 20,380. Before him are Bob Orton Jr. (1950), Nancy Fraser (1947), Barbara Hershey (1948), George Speck (1824), Chevy Chase (1943), and John O'Keefe (1939). After him are Lisa Kudrow (1963), Larry Holmes (1949), Kim Hunter (1922), Laura Dern (1967), Seka (1954), and Jan-Michael Vincent (1944).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Samuel Huntington ranks 189. Before him are William Walker (1824), Kit Bond (1939), Jack Kemp (1935), Harvey Milk (1930), Richard Russell Jr. (1897), and Chief Seattle (1786). After him are John Ratcliffe (1965), Levi Lincoln Sr. (1749), Meir Kahane (1932), Leland Stanford (1824), Nell Arthur (1837), and Amy Coney Barrett (1972).

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