LANGDON, JOHN
\lˈaŋdən], \lˈaŋdən], \l_ˈa_ŋ_d_ə_n]\
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(1741-1819), was a delegate from New Hampshire to the Continental Congress from 1775 to 1776 and in 1783. He devoted his estate to the cause of the Revolution, and fought at Bennington and Saratoga. He was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1787. He was a Democratic U. S. Senator from 1789 to 1801. He was Governor of New Hampshire from 1805 to 1809, and from 1810 to 1811.
By John Franklin Jameson
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