HUNTINGTON, SAMUEL American jurist and public official, was born at Windham, Conn., on July 3, 1731. He received only a common school education, but read widely and in 1753 began to study law. In 1760 he settled at Norwich, Conn., where he achieved rapid and extensive success in his practice. He was elected to the assembly of the Colony from Norwich in 1764 and served until he was appointed associate justice of the supreme court in 1774. The following year he was made a mem ber of the governor's council. Despite these royal appointments he sided with the Colonies in the impending struggle with the mother country, and in 1775 became a member of the Connecticut council of safety. Later in that year he was elected a delegate to the Continental Congress, and as such in 1776 voted for and signed the Declaration of Independence. He was a member of the Congress until 1783, and served from Sept. 1779, to July 1781, as its president, succeeding John Jay in that office. He returned to Connecticut in 1783 to be made chief justice of the supreme court in 1784, lieutenant-governor in 1785 and governor in 1786. The latter office he retained by successive annual re-elec tions until his death at Norwich on Jan. 5, 1796.