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John Langdon (June 26, 1741 – September 18, 1819) was an American politician and Founding Father from New Hampshire. He served as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention, signed the United States Constitution, and was one of the first two United States senators from New Hampshire.
Sep 14, 2024 · John Langdon (born June 26, 1741, Portsmouth, N.H., U.S.—died Sept. 18, 1819, Portsmouth) was a state legislator, governor, and U.S. senator during the Revolutionary and early national period (1775–1812).
John Langdon was a Portsmouth, New Hampshire politician born on the 26th of June, 1741. Langdon was one of the early supporters of the Revolutionary War who later worked for Continental Congress. He stayed with the Congress for twelve years, and he became the Senate's first president pro tempore.
Langdon, a vigorous supporter of the Revolution, sat on the New Hampshire committee of correspondence and a nonimportation committee. He also attended various patriot assemblies. In 1774 he participated in the seizure and confiscation of British munitions from the Portsmouth fort.
John Langdon (June 26, 1741 – September 18, 1819) was an American politician and Founding Father from New Hampshire. He served as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention, signed the United States Constitution, and was one of the first two United States senators from New Hampshire.
Langdon later led a detachment of troops during the Rhode Island campaign, but found his major outlet in politics. He was speaker of the New Hampshire legislature from 1777 to 1781. In 1777, meantime, he had married Elizabeth Sherburne, who was to give birth to one daughter.
LANGDON, JOHN. (1741–1819). Patriot merchant and politician. New Hampshire. Born at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, on 26 June 1741, John Langdon had become a wealthy merchant and shipbuilder resentful of British commercial and civil policies by the early 1770s.
