Samuel Huntington (July 16, 1731 – January 5, 1796) was a Founding Father of the United States and a lawyer, jurist, statesman, and Patriot in the American Revolution from Connecticut.

In 1754, Huntington was admitted to the bar, and moved to Norwich, Connecticut, to begin practicing law.

After brief service as a selectman, Huntington began his political career in earnest in 1764 when Norwich sent him as one of their representatives to the lower house of the Connecticut Assembly, where he served until 1774.

In January 1776, he joined Roger Sherman and Oliver Wolcott, which collectively represented the Connecticut Colony's delegation in the Second Continental Congress.

[4] While not known for extensive learning or brilliant speech, Huntington's steady hard work and unfailing calm manner earned him the respect of his fellow delegates.

The President of Congress was a mostly ceremonial position with no real authority, but the office did require Huntington to handle a good deal of correspondence and sign official documents.

[6] He spent his time as president urging the states and their legislatures to support the levies for men, supplies, and money needed to fight the Revolutionary War.

Huntington remained as President of Congress until July 9, 1781, when ill health forced him to resign and return to Connecticut.

He returned to the Congress as a delegate for the 1783 session to see the success of the revolution embodied in the Treaty of Paris.

[7] In 1785, Huntington built his mansion house just off the green in Norwichtown, Connecticut at what is now 34 East Town Street and the current headquarters of United and Community Family Services, Inc.

[5] In his first year as governor, in a reprise of his efforts in Congress, he brokered the Treaty of Hartford that resolved western land claims between New York and Massachusetts.

Both Samuel and his wife Martha's remains were disinterred during the course of the project and then reinterred in a formal ceremony on November 23, 2003.