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Huntington, Jabez Williams, 1788-1847

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Biography

Jabez Williams Huntington was a Representative and a Senator from Connecticut; born in Norwich, Conn., November 8, 1788; pursued classical studies; graduated from Yale College in 1806; taught in the Litchfield South Farms Academy one year; studied law; admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Litchfield; member, State house of representatives 1829; elected to the Twenty-first, Twenty-second, and Twenty-third Congresses and served from March 4, 1829, to August 16, 1834, when he resigned to accept the appointment of judge of the State supreme court of errors; moved to Norwich in 1834; elected as a Whig to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Thaddeus Betts; reelected, and served from May 4, 1840, until his death in Norwich, Conn., November 1, 1847; chairman, Committee on Commerce (Twenty-seventh and Twenty-eighth Congresses); interment in Old Norwich Town Cemetery.

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Congressional Biography

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Wolcott family collection

1906-04-0

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Identifier: 1906-04-0
Abstract Correspondence chiefly between Frederick Wolcott (1767-1837), his wife Elizabeth (Betsey) Huntington  Wolcott (1774-1812), his brother Oliver Wolcott (1760-1833) who served as Secretary of the Treasury and Governor of Connecticut, and Jabez W. Huntington (1788-1847) who served as a U.S. Senator from Connecticut.  Topics include domestic news, local, state, regional and national politics, business affairs, church activities, trade with China and the merchant vessel Trident, raising merino...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1740-1844; Other: Majority of material found within 1790-1837; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1906