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  Langdon, John
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NameJohn Langdon
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Portsmouth, New Hampshire , United States
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Born June 25, 1741
DiedSeptember 18, 1819 (78 years)
ContributorU Ole Polecat
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Aug 28, 2021 07:19am
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Info(brother of Woodbury Langdon), a Delegate and a Senator from New Hampshire; born in Portsmouth, N.H., June 26, 1741; attended the local grammar school; served an apprenticeship as a clerk, went to sea, and engaged in mercantile pursuits; a prominent supporter of the revolutionary movement and active in the Revolutionary War; a representative in the general court; Member of the Continental Congress in 1775 and 1776; resigned in June 1776 to become agent for Continental prizes and superintended the construction of several ships of war; served several terms as speaker of the State house of representatives, and during the session of 1777 staked his fortune to equip an expedition against the British; participated in the Battle of Bennington and commanded a company at Saratoga and in Rhode Island; member, State senate 1784; President of New Hampshire 1785, 1788; again a Member of the Continental Congress in 1787; delegate to the Federal Constitutional Convention in 1787; member of the State ratifying convention; elected to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1789, to March 3, 1801; elected the first President pro tempore of the Senate on April 6, 1789, in order that the Senate might organize to count the electoral vote for President and Vice President of the United States; also served as President pro tempore of the Senate during the Second Congress; declined to accept the portfolio of Secretary of the Navy in the Cabinet of President Thomas Jefferson in 1801; member, New Hampshire legislature from 1801-1805, the last two terms as speaker; Governor of New Hampshire 1805-1811, with the exception of 1809; declined the nomination as a candidate for vice president in 1812; died in Portsmouth, N.H., September 18, 1819; interment in the Langdon tomb in the North Cemetery.


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  06/08/1812 US Vice President - DR Caucus Lost 45.39% (-7.09%)
  03/12/1811 NH Governor Won 54.19% (+8.58%)
  03/13/1810 NH Governor Won 51.94% (+4.15%)
  03/14/1809 NH Governor Lost 49.28% (-1.01%)
  11/08/1808 US Vice President Lost 5.14% (-59.43%)
  03/08/1808 NH Governor Won 80.28% (+72.89%)
  03/10/1807 NH Governor Won 83.78% (+77.22%)
  03/11/1806 NH Governor Won 74.88% (+67.02%)
  03/12/1805 NH Governor Won 56.60% (+13.40%)
  03/13/1804 NH Governor Lost 49.46% (-0.98%)
  03/08/1803 NH Governor Lost 42.27% (-15.26%)
  03/09/1802 NH Governor Lost 45.67% (-8.47%)
  11/03/1800 NH US Senate Lost 9.02% (-53.38%)
  03/13/1798 NH Governor Lost 3.00% (-74.33%)
  08/25/1794 NH US Senate Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  03/12/1793 NH Governor Lost 13.25% (-61.72%)
  11/05/1792 President Pro Tempore Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  04/06/1789 President Pro Tempore - Initial Election Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  12/15/1788 NH US Senate Won 95.24% (+90.48%)
  03/11/1788 NH Governor Won 50.02% (+8.57%)
  03/13/1787 NH Governor Lost 43.92% (+4.27%)
  12/31/1786 NH Continental Congress Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  03/14/1786 NH Governor Lost 42.02% (-8.28%)
  12/31/1785 NH Continental Congress Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  03/08/1785 NH Governor Won 35.27% (-3.64%)
  12/31/1775 NH Continental Congress Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  12/31/1774 NH Continental Congress Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
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