Asahel Huntington

Asahel Huntington
Clerk of Courts Essex County, Massachusetts[1]
In office 1851 – September 5, 1870
8thMayor of Salem, Massachusetts
In office March 1853 – March 1854
Preceded by	Charles Wentworth Upham
Succeeded by	Joseph Andrews
Member of the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention of 1853
District Attorney for the District of Essex and Middlesex Counties[1]
In office 1830–1845
Preceded by	New office
District Attorney Essex County, Massachusetts[2]
In office 1830–1845
County Attorney Essex County, Massachusetts[2]
In office 1830–1845
County Attorney Essex County, Massachusetts[2]
In office 1830–1845
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives[1][2]
In office 1827[2] – 1827[2]
Member of the Salem, Massachusetts School Board[2]
In office 1827[2] – 1827[2]
In office 1830[2] – 1832[2]
In office 1840[2] – 1842[2]
In office 1846[2] – 1847[2]
In office 1857[2] – 1858[2]
Personal details
Born	July 28, 1798[3] Topsfield, Massachusetts[3]
Died	September 5, 1870[1]
Spouse(s)	Caroline Louisa (De Blois) Tucker,[1] m. August 1842.[4]
Children	William De Blois Huntington; Sarah Louisa Huntington; Arthur Lord Huntington[4]
Alma mater	Phillips Academy,[2] class of 1815. Yale College, class of 1819.[2]
Profession	[5]

Asahel Huntington (July 28, 1798 – September 5, 1870) was an American politician who served as a Mayor of Salem, Massachusetts.^[5]

Early life

Huntington, was born in Topsfield, Massachusetts on July 23, 1798 to Rev. Asahel and Alethea (Lord) Huntington.^[3] Huntington was the brother of Massachusetts Lieutenant Governor Elisha Huntington.

Political offices
Preceded by Charles Wentworth Upham	Mayor of Salem, Massachusetts 1853–1854	Succeeded by Joseph Andrews

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b c d e} Essex Institute (July and October, 1878), Essex Institute Historical Collections, Volume XV, July and October, 1878. Nos 3, 4, Salem, Ma.: The Essex Institute, p. 296 
2. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s} Arrington, Benjamin F. (1922), Municipal history of Essex County in Massachusetts Volume III, New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Company., p. 149. 
3. ^ ^{a b c} Essex Institute (July and October, 1878), Essex Institute Historical Collections, Volume XV, July and October, 1878. Nos 3, 4, Salem, Ma.: The Essex Institute, p. 295 
4. ^ ^{a b} Arrington, Benjamin F. (1922), Municipal history of Essex County in Massachusetts Volume III, New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Company., p. 150. 
5. ^ ^{a b} Hurd, Duane Hamilton (1888), History of Essex County, Massachusetts: with Biographical Sketches of Many of its Pioneers and Prominent Men, Volume I, Issue 1, Philadelphia, PA: J. W. Lewis & CO., p. 226. 

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Name	Huntington, Asahel
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Date of birth	July 28, 1798
Place of birth	Topsfield, Massachusetts
Date of death	September 5, 1870
Place of death