Samuel Huntington

On September 28th, 1779 and again in 1780, the United States Continental Congress elected Samuel Huntington as its President. On February 22, 1781, with the Articles of Confederation unanimous ratified, it was resolved by Congress that the first United States Constitution commence on March 1, 1781. Samuel Huntington took the chair as first United S... tates in Congress Assembled President, under the Articles of Confederation, on March 2, 1781. Students and Teachers of US History this is a video of Stanley and Christopher Klos presenting America's Four United Republics Curriculum at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School. The December 2015 video was an impromptu capture by a member of the audience of Penn students, professors and guests that numbered about 200. Samuel Huntington, a son of a Puritan farmer, was born on July 16, 1731. The birth date of July 16th, 1731 differs from the official U.S. Congressional Biography because during his tomb's restoration, a 207 year old plaque was discovered stating: Both Martha and Samuel Huntington were re-interred on November 24, 2003 at Old Norwichtown Cemetery in Norwich, Connecticut. I was given the distinct privilege of delivering the keynote speech at the re-entombment of President and First Lady Huntington, an honor that was well above my station. Samuel Huntington's birthplace, the Huntington Homestead , is located at 36 Huntington Road in Scotland, Connecticut. The house and grounds are open to the public May through October on the first and third Saturdays of each month from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. President Huntington was a self-educated man who, at age sixteen, was apprenticed to a cooper. He taught himself Latin at night and devoured every book on law he could find. At twenty-seven he was admitted to the bar and relocated to Norwich, a larger town offering more opportunity to build a law practice. Within one year he met, courted and married Martha Devotion the local minister's daughter. The law practice and the couple flourished together in Norwich. In 1764, ...Read More