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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. [1] As a delegate to the Continental Congress , he signed the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation .
Pennsylvania State House, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania President: Samuel Huntington [ b ] (until July 10, 1781) Thomas McKean (from July 10, 1781)
Instead, Samuel Huntington continued serving a term that had already exceeded the new term limit. [30] The first president to serve the specified one-year term was John Hanson (November 5, 1781 to November 4, 1782). [7] [31]
President Term Samuel Huntington: March 1, 1781 – July 10, 1781 Thomas McKean: July 10, 1781 – November 5, 1781 John Hanson: November 5, 1781 – November 4, 1782 Elias Boudinot: November 4, 1782 – November 3, 1783 Thomas Mifflin: November 3, 1783 – June 3, 1784 Richard Henry Lee: November 30, 1784 – November 4, 1785 John Hancock
Huntington was born in Coventry in the Colony of Connecticut. He was the nephew (and, later, the adopted son) of Samuel Huntington , the fourth President of the Continental Congress and first President of the United States in Congress Assembled under the Articles of Confederation .
Samuel Phillips Huntington (April 18, 1927 – December 24, 2008) was an American political scientist, adviser, and academic. He spent more than half a century at Harvard University , where he was director of Harvard's Center for International Affairs and the Albert J. Weatherhead III University Professor .
The governor of Pennsylvania is the head of government of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, as well as commander-in-chief of the state's national guard. [2]The governor has a duty to enforce state laws and the power to approve or veto bills passed by the Pennsylvania General Assembly, [3] as well as to convene the legislature. [4]
August 31 – John McKinly, the first president of Delaware, dies in Wilmington, Delaware. September 17 – U.S. President George Washington issues his Farewell Address, which warns against partisan politics and foreign entanglements. November 2 – John Adams defeats Thomas Jefferson in the U.S. presidential election.