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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New HampshireWoodbury LANGDON
(1739-1805)
LANGDON, Woodbury,
(brother of John Langdon), a Delegate from New Hampshire; born in
Portsmouth, N.H., in 1739; attended the public schools; engaged in
mercantile pursuits; prominent in pre-Revolutionary affairs and
throughout the war; served in the state house of representatives in
1778 and 1779; Member of the Continental Congress in 1779; member
of the state executive council 1781-1784; judge of the state
superior court in 1782 and again from 1786 to January 1791, when he
resigned; appointed in December 1790 by President Washington a
commissioner to settle Revolutionary War claims; died in
Portsmouth, N.H., January 13, 1805; interment in the North
Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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