Samuel H. Huntington was an American

United States

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 jurist who was the third Governor of Ohio

Ohio

Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...

 from 1808 to 1810.

He was the nephew and adopted son of Samuel Huntington

Samuel Huntington (statesman)

Samuel Huntington was a jurist, statesman, and Patriot in the American Revolution from Connecticut. As a delegate to the Continental Congress, he signed the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation...

, the fourth President of the Continental Congress

President of the Continental Congress

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 and First President of the United States in Congress Assembled under the Articles of Confederation

Articles of Confederation

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. A 1785 graduate of Yale College

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. He was admitted to the bar and began practicing law in Connecticut

Connecticut

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. He moved to Ohio in 1801, moving with his wife and small sons to the tiny village of Cleveland.