| Samuel H. Huntington | |
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3rd Governor of Ohio
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| In office December 12, 1808 – December 8, 1810 |
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| Preceded by | Thomas Kirker |
| Succeeded by | Return J. Meigs, Jr. |
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| In office 1803 – 1803 |
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| Preceded by | New District |
| Succeeded by | Benjamin Tappan |
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| In office 1811 – 1812 |
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| Preceded by | Peter Hitchcock |
| Succeeded by | Samuel S. Baldwin |
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| In office 1803 – 1808 |
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| Preceded by | New Title |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Morris |
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| Born | October 4, 1765 Coventry, Connecticut |
| Died | June 8, 1817 Fairport Harbor, Ohio |
| Political party | Democratic-Republican |
Samuel H. Huntington (October 4, 1765 – June 8, 1817) was an American jurist who was Governor of Ohio from 1808 to 1810.
He was the nephew and 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. A 1785 graduate of Yale College. He was admitted to the bar and began practicing law in Connecticut. He moved to Ohio in 1801, moving with his wife and small sons to the tiny village of Cleveland. After serving as a delegate to the State's first constitutional convention, Huntington was selected to the State Supreme Court as an Associate Justice and succeeded Return J. Meigs, Jr. as Chief Justice a year later. He served until being elected in 1808. His tenure was stormy, with much controversy over the impeachment of two judges for upholding the principle of judicial review (Huntington would have been impeached as well had it not been being elected governor), the move of the state capital from Zanesville to Chillicothe, and the Tiffin Resolution, which terminated the terms of all sitting judges. Huntington did not stand for re-election, but instead ran for the U.S. Senate, losing to Thomas Worthington.
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| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Thomas Kirker |
Governor of Ohio 1808–1810 |
Succeeded by Return J. Meigs, Jr. |
| Ohio Senate | ||
| New district | Senator from Trumbull County 1803 |
Succeeded by Benjamin Tappan |
| Ohio House of Representatives | ||
| Preceded by Peter Hitchcock as Representative from Geauga and Cuyahoga Counties |
Representative from Geauga, Ashtabula, and Cuyahoga Counties 1811–1812 |
Succeeded by Samuel S. Baldwin |
| Legal offices | ||
| New title | Judge of the Ohio Supreme Court 1803–1808 |
Succeeded by Thomas Morris |
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