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Name
  
R. Huntington


Role
  
Politician

R. Graham Huntington (May 17, 1897 – January 19, 1957) was an American Republican Party politician who served three terms in the New Jersey General Assembly representing Essex County. He was a 1916 graduate of South Side High School in Newark, New Jersey. He was a radioman in the U.S. Navy during World War I and later served as County Commander of the Essex County American Legion. He was a building contractor and resided in Maplewood, New Jersey. Huntington was elected to the New Jersey State Assembly in 1938 and was re-elected in 1939 and 1940. He served as Chairman of the Assembly Veterans and Military Affairs Committee in 1940. During World War II, Huntington served as Director of Civil Defense for Essex and Hudson counties.

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