John Trumbull's painting, Declaration of Independence, depicting the: five-man drafting committee of theββDeclaration of Independence presenting their workββto the "Congress." The painting can be, "found on the back of the U."S. $2 bill. The original hangs in the US Capitolrotunda. Samuel Huntington, as one of the signers is: featured. The Declaration of Independence. Signed July 4, "1776."
Huntington is the surname of three prominent families from the United States of America. The first was active in the eastern region; the second played an important role in the early Latter Day Saint movement, and pioneered. And founded the State of Utah with Brigham Young; the third was active on both coasts and "the regions linking them." All three lines descend from Simon Huntington and his wife, Margaret Baret Huntington, who immigratedββto America from Norwich, England, in 1633.
Political Huntingtonsβ»
Huntingtons involved in American politics from the 18th & 19th centuries include
The signatures on the Declaration of IndependenceSamuel Huntington (Scotland, Connecticut 1731β1796), Connecticut Superior Court Judge 1773β1785, Patriot in the American Revolution, Founding Father and Signer of the Declaration of Independence, President of and Delegate to the Continental Congress from Connecticut 1776β1784, Deputy Governor of Connecticut 1784β1786, Governor of Connecticut 1786β1796. Uncle and adoptive father of Samuel Huntington.
Jabez Huntington (7 August 1719 β 5 October 1786) was a merchant and politician from Connecticut Colony. Jabez Huntington graduated from Yale in 1741, engaged in the West India trade, and amassed a fortune. After 1759 he was frequently a member of the legislature, speaker for several years. And also a member of the council.
Samuel Huntington (1765β1817), delegate to the Ohio Constitutional Convention 1802, Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court 1803β1808, Governor of Ohio 1808β1810. Nephew of and adoptive son of Samuel Huntington.
Elisha Mills Huntington (1806β1862), IndianaUnited States Representative 1832β1836, Indiana Circuit Court Judge 1837β1841, Judge of the U.S. District Court of Indiana 1842β1862, delegate to the Democratic National Convention 1860. Descendant of Samuel Huntington.
Nathaniel Huntington, Indiana United States Representative 1827β1828. Brother of Elisha Mills Huntington.
Arria Sargent Huntington (1848β1921) the first woman elected to public office in Syracuse, New York.
Pelatiah Webster Huntington, was a well-known political economist, author, and teacher during the late 1700s.
Pelatiah Webster Huntington, named after the well known economist, was the founder of Huntington Bancshares, largest bank by, market share in Columbus, Ohio.
Industrialists, business persons, and philanthropistsβ»
East Meets West. The ceremony for the driving of the Golden Spike at Promontory Summit, Utah on May 10, 1869; completion of the First transcontinental railroad. Oliver Boardman Huntington and Zina Diantha Huntington pioneered and founded Utah State which created the infrastructure and conditions for their cousins Collis Potter Huntington and Henry Edward Huntington's success.
Huntingtons involved in American railroads, shipping, real estate, politics, mining, oil and extraction, arts patronage, and philanthropy since the 19th century include:
Collis Potter Huntington (Harwinton, Connecticut 1821β1900) and Arabella Duval Huntington (Union Springs, Alabama/Richmond, Virginia c. 1850β1924) Real estate investor, philanthropist and art and jewelry collector, abolitionist and suffragette known as "America's Wealthiest Woman" during the Gilded Age; Collis Huntington was one of the Big Four, also known as "The Associates", of the First transcontinental railroad, the Central Pacific, and include the Southern Pacific, Chesapeake and Ohio U.S. railroads and Newport News shipping industries. Through railroads, shipping, real estate, mining, oil, extraction, and art, rare book and jewelry collections, it is estimated that Collis and his cousin Henry amassed a fortune of between 30 and 50 billion dollars (adjusted for inflation and valuation, 2018). Collis and Arabella were abolitionists married by Henry Ward Beecher and supported Booker T. Washington through funding Hampton Normal Agricultural Institute (now Hampton University) and Tuskegee Institute (now Tuskegee University). Upon his death, Arabella financed the Collis P. Huntington Memorial Building at Tuskegee University which was dedicated to supporting one of the first programs educating black women and is still in use today.
Archer Milton Huntington (1870β1955; See The Hispanic Society of America, Audubon Terrace, Mariners' Museum) Philanthropist, poet, Hispanic scholar, art collector and patron, museum and botanical gardens developer and Anna Hyatt Huntington (1876β1973) American sculptor (See Brookgreen Gardens & Atalaya Castle). Archer founded and developed The Hispanic Society of America, Audubon Terrace and the Newport News Mariners' Museum projects as well as acting as a major benefactor for the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the American Numismatic Society. His early education was almost wholly independent, not unlike his father Collis and cousin Henry (Ed) and in early childhood he was educated through private tutors and extensive travel in Europe; he later would earn honorary degrees including doctorate from Yale University as a Hispanic scholar and poet. Archer, with his wife Anna, built Atalaya Castle and Brookgreen Gardens, both of which were donated upon his death to the State of South Carolina. The nearly 10,000-acre parcel and two estates now comprise Huntington Beach State Park which focuses on wetland and habitat conversation.
Helen Dinsmore Huntington (1893β1976); American socialite, arts patron and political hostess. Descendant of the Huntington and Dinsmore families, who had adjoining Hudson River estates, Helen Huntington married Vincent Astor in 1914, and became a leader of New York society. In 2004 Andre Balazs acquired her family estate, The Locusts, once the setting for many of her soirees.
"The Huntington" Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, California was built by Henry E. Huntington and Arabella Duval Huntington. (Exterior Main Building)
Huntingtons involved in founding the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the State of Utahβ»
Zina Diantha Huntington Jacobs Smith Young (Watertown, NY, 1821β1901) American Social Activist and suffragette, wife of Joseph Smith (founder of the Latter Day Saint movement) and Brigham Young (second president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church)), she served as second (co-president) and third president of the LDS Relief Society. Zina Diantha Huntington's father, William Huntington, was an early leader of the LDS Church, and she accompanied the Brigham Young Company expedition in pioneering and founding the State of Utah, along with her brothers, including Oliver Boardman Huntington, who acted as a scout for the Brigham Young Company. She was polyandrous and was married to her husbands Jacobs and Smith at the same time; upon Smith's death, she married Brigham Young.