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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Samuel Huntington has received more than 31,649 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Samuel Huntington is the 16,634th most popular politician (down from 15,850th in 2019), the 10,266th most popular biography from United States (up from 11,012th in 2019) and the 674th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Samuel Huntington ranks 16,634 out of 19,576. Before him are Ambrose Mandvulo Dlamini, John O. Brennan, E. M. S. Namboodiripad, Gideon Welles, Philippe Douste-Blazy, and Amir Ohana. After him are Anthony Carmona, Tekle Giyorgis II, Anna Komorowska, Juliet Mitchell, Roman Dzindzichashvili, and John N. Mitchell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1731, Samuel Huntington ranks 23. Before him are Charles Lee, Victor Louis, Louis Claude Cadet de Gassicourt, Benjamin Banneker, Catharine Macaulay, and Johann August Ephraim Goeze. After him is Robert Treat Paine. Among people deceased in 1796, Samuel Huntington ranks 30. Before him are Philip Carteret, Adam Naruszewicz, David Allan, Ulrika Pasch, Domenico Lorenzo Ponziani, and Anthony Wayne. After him are David Rittenhouse, and Daniel Carroll.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Samuel Huntington ranks 10,266 out of 20,380. Before him are John O. Brennan (1955), Gideon Welles (1802), Patricia Barber (1955), Erna Schneider Hoover (1926), Don Muraco (1949), and Richard Florida (1957). After him are Richard Fortus (1966), Marilyn White (1944), Bonita Granville (1923), Antonio Tarver (1968), Horace Grant (1965), and Amy Pascal (1958).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Samuel Huntington ranks 674. Before him are Jo Jorgensen (1957), Eric Holder (1951), Henry Cabot Lodge (1850), Robert J. Bentley (1943), John O. Brennan (1955), and Gideon Welles (1802). After him are John N. Mitchell (1913), Roland Burris (1937), Steven Mnuchin (1962), William Barr (1950), Happy Chandler (1898), and Mickey Kantor (1939).

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