Lyle Tayson: John Langdon

Artist: Lyle Tayson
1924 -
Nationality: American
Artwork Year: 1978
Image Size: 7.5 by 10.25 inches
Overall Size: 12 by 16 inches
Medium: Water Color on Cold Press Illustration Board

John Langdon was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire in 1741. He received only a grammar school education, but went on to become the wealthiest merchant of New Hampshire. He had great knowledge of shipbuilding, and was appointed by the Continental Congress to outfit warships for a Continental Navy. He built the Ranger, which was the American warship that carried the first U.S. flag. Langdon was elected Speaker of the House of Representatives in the New Hampshire legislature in 1776. The following year, he roused some of that state's patriots to seize 100 barrels of powder from the royal fort in Portsmouth harbor. The New Hampshire legislature elected Langdon President in 1785. The state treasury couldn't afford to send delegates to the Constitutional Convention, so Landgon offered to pay his own way and that of Nicholas Gilman. At the Convention, Langdon interjected his practical New England point of view into the debates. He expressed his opinion that "The General and State Governments are no enemies to each other, but different institutions for the good of the people of America." After the Convention, Langdon again was elected President of New Hampshire in 1788, and was also elected to serve as one of the first Senators in the new Congress. He was elected as Speaker of the House of Representatives in 1804 and as Governor in 1805. Retiring from office in 1812, Langdon died seven years later at the age of seventy-eight.

This artwork was originally published on the Fleetwood® First Day Cover for The Signers of the Constitution Collection issued on September 17, 1987.

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