Abel Huntington

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Abel Huntington (born February 21, 1777 in Norwich , Connecticut , † May 18, 1858 in East Hampton , New York ) was an American doctor and politician . Between 1833 and 1837 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Abel Huntington was born and raised in Norwich about two years after the outbreak of the War of Independence . He attended the public schools in his home country. His family later moved to East Hampton, where he studied medicine with his father . Then as a doctor, he practiced throughout Long Iceland and was named after his father, the coroner in Suffolk County . In 1816 he was appointed Surgeon in the 18th Militia Regiment of New York. Huntington also had a political career. He joined in 1820 as an elector ( Presidential Elector ) in the presidential election and sat 1822 in the Senate from New York . He then served as the Town Supervisor of East Hampton between 1829 and 1832 . Politically, he belonged to the Jacksonian faction.

In the congressional election of 1832 Huntington was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the first constituency of New York , where he succeeded James Lent on March 4, 1833 . After a successful re-election in 1834 , he gave up a third candidacy in 1836 and retired from the on March 3, 1837 Congress of. As a congressman, he was chairman of the Committee on Revisal and Unfinished Business between 1835 and 1837 .

Huntington returned to East Hampton as Town Supervisor in 1844. The following year he became a collector of customs in Sag Harbor , a position he held until 1849. During this time he took part in 1846 as a delegate to the Constituent Assembly of New York. He also served as President of the Clinton Academy Board of Directors for a long time . He died on May 18, 1858 in East Hampton and was then buried in South End Cemetery . His grandson was George Huntington , a famous doctor and researcher who first identified Huntington's disease nervous system disease , which was later named after him.

Remarks

  1. ↑ The indication of the year 1821 in "Find A Grave" must be wrong. The presidential election took place in 1820.

Web links

  • Abel Huntington in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
personal data
SURNAME Huntington, Abel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American doctor and politician
DATE OF BIRTH February 21, 1777
PLACE OF BIRTH Norwich , Connecticut
DATE OF DEATH May 18, 1858
Place of death East Hampton , New York