What is Samuel Huntington (Connecticut politician)?
{{Infobox Governor | name = Samuel Huntington | image = Samuel huntington.jpg | order = 3rd | office = Governor of Connecticut | term_start = 1786 | term_end = 1796 | lieutenant = [[Oliver Wolcott]] | predecessor = [[Matthew Griswold]] | successor = [[Oliver Wolcott]] | order2 = 1st | office2 = President of the United States in Congress Assembled | term_start2 = March 1, 1781 | term_end2 = July 9, 1781 | predecessor2 = ''None'' | successor2 = [[Thomas McKean]] | office3 = 8th [[President of the Continental Congress]]<br><small>5th President of the [[Second Continental Congress]]</small> | term_start3 = September 28, 1779 | term_end3 = March 1, 1781 | predecessor3 = [[John Jay]] | successor3 = ''None'' | birth_date = July 3, 1731 | birth_place = [[Windham, Connecticut]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1796|1|5|1731|7|3}} | death_place = [[Norwich, Connecticut]] | party = [[Federalist Party|Federalist]] | spouse = | profession = | religion = | signature = Samuel Huntington signature.png }} '''Samuel Huntington''' (July 16, 1731 - January 5, 1796) was an [[United States|American]] [[jurist]], [[statesman]], and [[American Revolution|revolutionary]] leader from [[Connecticut]]. He served as a [[delegate]] to the [[Continental Congress]] where he signed the [[United States Declaration of Independence|Declaration of Independence]], as Governor of [[Connecticut]], and later as the first [[President of the United States in Congress Assembled]], that is, the presiding officer of the [[Congress of the Confederation]], the sole governing body of the [[Articles of Confederation|first central government]] of the [[United States of America]]. His office was not that of today's [[President of the United States]], which is a fe