William H. Huntington (1848–1916) was a member of the

Wisconsin State Assembly The Wisconsin State Assembly is the lower house of the Wisconsin Legislature. Together with the smaller Wisconsin Senate, the two constitute the legislative branch of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. Representatives are elected for two-year terms, ...

Biography

Huntington was born on May 8, 1848, in

Malone, New York Malone ( moh, Tekanatà:ronhwe) is a town in Franklin County, New York, United States. The population was 14,545 at the 2010 census. The town contains a village also named Malone. The town is an interior town located in the north-central part ...

. Later, he became heavily involved in the newspaper industry.

Political career

Huntington was a member of the Assembly in 1883. He had previously been an unsuccessful candidate for the Assembly in 1880. Additionally, Huntington was village clerk of

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, now a city, and a justice of the peace. He was a

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