Huntington (name)

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Huntington is both a surname and a Christian name. Notable people with the name include:

Surname:

A. K. Huntington (1852–1920), British professor of metallurgy and aviation pioneer
Anna Hyatt Huntington (1876–1973), American sculptor
Annette Huntington, New Zealand nursing academic
Arabella Huntington, wife of Collis Potter Huntington
Archer Milton Huntington (1870–1955), scholar of Hispanic Studies
Benjamin Huntington (1736–1800), American jurist and politician
Benjamin N. Huntington (1816–1882), American farmer, banker, and politician
Charles A. Huntington (1891–1973), American quarterback and coach
Charles Pratt Huntington (1871–1919), American architect
Collis Potter Huntington (1821–1900), American railroad magnate
Cynthia Huntington, American poet
Daniel Huntington (artist) (1816–1906), American artist
Daniel Riggs Huntington (1871–1962), American architect
Ebenezer Huntington (1754–1834), United States Representative from Connecticut
Edward Vermilye Huntington (1874–1952), American mathematician
Elisha Huntington (1796–1865), Lieutenant Governor for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from 1853 to 1854
Ellsworth Huntington (1876–1947), American geographer
Frank Atwood Huntington (1836–1925), American inventor
Frederic Dan Huntington (1819–1904), first Protestant Episcopal bishop of Central New York
George Huntington (disambiguation), several people
- George Huntington, provided an early comprehensive description of Huntington's disease
- George Huntington (Steuben County, NY) (1796–1866), New York politician
- George Huntington Hartford (1833–1917), American businessman, of A&P supermarkets
- George Sumner Huntington (1861–1927), American physician
Henry E. Huntington (1850–1927), railroad magnate and business leader
Henry of Huntington, English historian of the 12th century and archdeacon of Huntingdon
Jabez Huntington (colonist) (1719–1786), a merchant of Connecticut Colony
Jabez W. Huntington (1788–1847), United States Representative and United States Senator from Connecticut
James Otis Sargent Huntington (1854–1935), founder of the Order of the Holy Cross, an Anglican Benedictine monastic order
Jedediah Huntington (1743–1818), American general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War
Jedediah Vincent Huntington (1815–1862), clergyman, novelist
Joshua Huntington (1786–1819), a Boston clergyman
Kayla Huntington, fictional character on the ABC television series, Desperate Housewives
Louise Huntington (1904–1997), stage and screen actress
Lucius Seth Huntington (1827–1886), Quebec lawyer, journalist and political figure
Maria Huntington (born 1997), Finnish athlete
Nora Huntington, a fictional character on the ABC television series, Desperate Housewives
Paul Huntington (born 1987), English footballer
Presendia Lathrop Huntington, sixth woman to marry LDS Church founder Joseph Smith, Jr.
Robert Kingsbury Huntington, naval aviator and member of Torpedo Squadron 8 (VT-8)
Ron Huntington (1921–1998), Canadian politician
Rosie Huntington-Whiteley (born 1987), British model, actor
Sam Huntington (born 1982), American actor
Samuel Huntington (disambiguation), several people
Selina Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon (1707–1791), English countess
William R. Huntington (1907–1990), American architect and Quaker representative to the United Nations and director of the UN Quaker program
Huntington baronets, a title in the Baronetage of England (1906-1928)

Given name:

Huntington Hardisty (1929–2003), United States Navy admiral
Huntington Hartford, A&P supermarket heir
Huntington Willard, American geneticist
Huntington Wilson (1875–1946), American diplomat and writer

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Collis Potter Huntington was an American industrialist and railway magnate. He was one of the Big Four of western railroading who invested in Theodore Judah's idea to build the Central Pacific Railroad as part of the first U.S. transcontinental railroad. Huntington helped lead and develop other major interstate lines, such as the Southern Pacific Railroad and the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway (C&O), which he was recruited to help complete. The C&O, completed in 1873, fulfilled a long-held dream of Virginians of a rail link from the James River at Richmond to the Ohio River Valley. The new railroad facilities adjacent to the river there resulted in expansion of the former small town of Guyandotte, West Virginia into part of a new city which was named Huntington in his honor.

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Collis P. Huntington State Park State park in Fairfield County, Connecticut

Collis P. Huntington State Park is a public recreation area covering 1,017 acres (412 ha) in the towns of Redding, Newtown, and Bethel in Fairfield County, Connecticut. The state park is noted for Anna Hyatt Huntington's sculptures of bears and wolves that welcome visitors at the park entrance. Her work can also be seen in the heroic sculpture of General Israel Putnam at Putnam Memorial State Park in Redding. The park bears the name of railroad magnate Collis Potter Huntington, whose heirs donated the lands to the state. The park's web of multi-use trails is open to hikers, cyclists, and equestrians. The park is managed by the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection.

Ebenezer Huntington was an officer in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, and afterwards United States Representative from Connecticut.

Nathaniel Terry Jr. was a United States Representative from Connecticut. He was born in Enfield, Connecticut. He attended the common schools, Dartmouth College, and was graduated from Yale College in 1786. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1790 and commenced practice in Enfield. He moved to Hartford, Connecticut in 1796.

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