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See also:LANGDON, See also:JOHN (1741—1819) , See also:American statesman, was See also:born in See also:Portsmouth, New See also:Hampshire, on the 25th of See also:June 1741. After an See also:apprenticeship in a counting-See also:house, he led a seafaring See also:life for several years, and became a shipowner and See also:merchant. In See also:December 1774, as a See also:militia See also:captain he assisted in the See also:capture of Fort See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William and See also:Mary at New See also:Castle, New Hampshire, one of the first overt acts of the American colonists against the See also:property of the See also:crown. He was elected to the House of Representatives of the last Royal See also:Assembly of New Hampshire and then to the second See also:Continental See also:Congress in 1775, and was a member of the first See also:Naval See also:Committee of the latter, but he resigned in 1776, and in June 1776 became Congress's See also:agent of prizes in New Hampshire and in 1778 continental (naval) agent of Congress in this See also:state, where he supervised the See also:building of John See also:Paul See also:- JONES
- JONES, ALFRED GILPIN (1824-1906)
- JONES, EBENEZER (182o-186o)
- JONES, ERNEST CHARLES (1819-1869)
- JONES, HENRY (1831-1899)
- JONES, HENRY ARTHUR (1851- )
- JONES, INIGO (1573-1651)
- JONES, JOHN (c. 1800-1882)
- JONES, MICHAEL (d. 1649)
- JONES, OWEN (1741-1814)
- JONES, OWEN (1809-1874)
- JONES, RICHARD (179o-1855)
- JONES, SIR ALFRED LEWIS (1845-1909)
- JONES, SIR WILLIAM (1746-1794)
- JONES, THOMAS RUPERT (1819– )
- JONES, WILLIAM (1726-1800)
Jones's " See also:Ranger " (completed in June 1777), the " See also:America," launched in 1782, and other vessels. He was a See also:judge of the New Hampshire See also:Court of See also:Common Pleas in 1776—1777, a member (and See also:speaker) of the New Hampshire House of Representatives from 1776 until 1782, a member of the state Constitutional See also:Convention of 1778 and of the state See also:Senate in 1784—1785, and in 1783—1784 was again a member of Congress. He contributed largely to raise troops in 1777 to meet See also:Burgoyne; and he served as a captain at See also:Bennington and at See also:Saratoga. He was See also:president of New Hampshire in 1785—1786 and in 1788—1789; a member of the Federal Constitutional Convention in 1787, where he voted against granting to Congress the See also:power of issuing See also:paper See also:money; a member of the state convention whichratified the Federal Constitution for New Hampshire; a member of the See also:United States Senate in 1789—1801, and its president See also:pro tem. during the first Congress and the second session of the second Congress; a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives in 1801—1805 and its speaker in 1803—1805; and See also:governor of the state in 1805-1809 and in 1810—1812. He received nine electoral votes for the See also:vice-See also:presidency in 18o8, and in 1812 was an elector on the See also:Madison See also:ticket. He died in Portsmouth on the 18th of See also:September 1819. He was an able See also:leader during the Revolutionary See also:period, when his See also:wealth and social position were of See also:great assistance to the patriot party. In the later years of his life in New Hampshire he was the most prominent of the See also:local Republican leaders and built up his party by See also:partisan appointments. He refused the naval See also:portfolio in See also:Jefferson's See also:cabinet.
His See also:elder See also:brother, See also:WOODBURY LANGDON (1739—1805), was a delegate to the Continental Congress in 1779—1780, a member of the executive See also:council of New Hampshire in 1781—1784, judge of the Supreme Court of the state in 1782 and in 1786—1790 (although he had had no legal training), and a state senator in 1784—1785.
See also:Alfred Langdon Elwyn has edited Letters by See also:Washington, See also:- ADAMS
- ADAMS, ANDREW LEITH (1827-1882)
- ADAMS, CHARLES FRANCIS (1807-1886)
- ADAMS, HENRY (1838— )
- ADAMS, HENRY CARTER (1852— )
- ADAMS, HERBERT (i858— )
- ADAMS, HERBERT BAXTER (1850—1901)
- ADAMS, JOHN (1735–1826)
- ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY (1767-1848)
- ADAMS, SAMUEL (1722-1803)
- ADAMS, THOMAS (d. c. 1655)
- ADAMS, WILLIAM (d. 162o)
Adams, Jefferson and Others, Written During and After the Revolution, to John Langdon of New Hampshire (See also:Philadelphia, 188o), a See also:book of great See also:interest and value. See a See also:biographical See also:sketch of John Langdon by See also:Charles R. See also:Corning in the New See also:England See also:Magazine, vol. xxii. (See also:Boston, 1897).
End of Article: LANGDON, JOHN (1741—1819)
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