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American politician
Jabez Williams Huntington
(November 8, 1788 – November 1, 1847) was a
United States representative
and
Senator
from
Connecticut
.
Biography
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Born in
Norwich
, son of Zachariah Huntington and Hannah Mumford Huntington, Huntington pursued
classical studies
. He graduated from
Yale College
in 1806. Jabez taught in the Litchfield South Farms Academy for one year, and studied law at the Litchfield Law School during 1808. He was admitted to the
bar
in 1810 and commenced practice in
Litchfield
.
[1]
He married Sally Ann Huntington, the youngest daughter of his first cousin Joseph Huntington, on May 22, 1833. They did not have any children.
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Career
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Huntington was a member of the
Connecticut House of Representatives
from Litchfield in 1828. Elected to the
U.S. House of Representatives
in the Twenty-first, Twenty-second, and Twenty-third U.S. Congresses, He served from March 4, 1829, to August 16, 1834,
[3]
when he resigned and moved to Norwich to accept the appointment of judge of the
Connecticut Supreme Court of Errors
. He held that office from 1834 to 1840.
In 1840 Huntington was elected as a
Whig
to the
U.S. Senate
to fill the vacancy caused by the death of
Thaddeus Betts
. He was reelected, and served from May 4, 1840 until his death.
[4]
During the Twenty-seventh and Twenty-eight Congresses, he was chairman of the Committee on Commerce.
Death
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Huntington died in Norwich on November 1, 1847, a week shy of his 59th birthday. He is interred at the Old Norwich Town Cemetery.
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