Jabez Williams Huntington (November 8, 1788 November 1, 1847) was a United States Representative and Senator from Connecticut

Connecticut

Connecticut is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, and the state of New York to the west and the south .Connecticut is named for the Connecticut River, the major U.S. river that approximately...

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Born in Norwich

Norwich, Connecticut

Regular steamship service between New York and Boston helped Norwich to prosper as a shipping center through the early part of the 20th century. During the Civil War, Norwich once again rallied and saw the growth of its textile, armaments, and specialty item manufacturing...

, he pursued classical studies, and graduated from Yale College

Yale College

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 in 1806. Jabez taught in the Litchfield South Farms Academy for one year, and studied law. He was admitted to the bar

Bar (law)

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 and commenced practice in Litchfield

Litchfield, Connecticut

Litchfield is a town in and former county seat of Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States, and is known as an affluent summer resort. The population was 8,316 at the 2000 census. The boroughs of Bantam and Litchfield are located within the town...

, and was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives

Connecticut House of Representatives

The Connecticut House of Representatives is the lower house in the Connecticut General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Connecticut. The house is composed of 151 members representing an equal number of districts, with each constituency containing nearly 22,600 residents...

 in 1829. He was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in the Twenty-first, Twenty-second, and Twenty-third U.S. Congresses and served from March 4, 1829, to August 16, 1834, when he resigned to accept the appointment of judge of the Connecticut Supreme Court of Errors. He moved to Norwich in 1834, and was elected as a Whig

Whig Party (United States)

The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. Considered integral to the Second Party System and operating from the early 1830s to the mid-1850s, the party was formed in opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson and his Democratic...

 to the U.S. Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Thaddeus Betts

Thaddeus Betts

Thaddeus Betts was a United States Senator from Connecticut.He completed preparatory studies and was graduated from Yale College in 1807...

. He was reelected, and served from May 4, 1840 until his death in Norwich; his interment was in Old Norwich Town Cemetery.

During the Twenty-seventh and Twenty-eight Congresses, he was chairman of the Committee on Commerce.