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Tim Millerick John Langdon JOHN LANGDON and the CONSTITUTION CONVENTION

Introduction: In 1787 the Constitutional Convention was held in the State House in Philadelphia. That’s the same place that the Declaration of Independence was held 11 years earlier. For many months 55 delegates from several states gathered together to try and put together a Constitution for the federal republic. Although the Convention was purportedly intended only to revise the Articles of Confederation, the intention of many of its proponents, chief among them James Madison and Alexander Hamilton, was from the outset to create a new government rather than "fix" the existing one. The delegates elected George Washington to preside over the convention. The result of the convention was the United States constitution. The convention is one of the central events in the history of the United States.
 * [[image:http://www.history.army.mil/books/revwar/ss/p101.jpg width="190" height="230" caption="This is a painting of John Langdon"]] ||
 * [[image:http://www.history.army.mil/books/revwar/ss/p101.jpg width="190" height="230" caption="This is a painting of John Langdon"]] ||

Background Info: John Langdon was born on June 26, 1741 on the Langdon family farm near the Saga more Creek in Portsmouth. He is a fourth Generation American, a member of an old and established New Hampshire family. John Langdon was a ship Capitan by the age of 22, and started to sail around the Rindge’s sloops and brigantines over the Atlantic trade routes. In 1775 John Langdon was elected as one of New Hampshire's representatives to the Second Continental Congress. Langdon was elected speaker of the New Hampshire House in December, 1776 and he held that position until 1782. John Langdon New Hampshire as senator until March of 1801 and was influential in forming the 3 policies of the United States in its early years. On September 18, 1819, he died in his mansion on Pleasant Street in Portsmouth, ending an era in the state's history. Role at Constitution Convention: John Langdon joined this effort when in 1787 New Hampshire appointed him to represent the state in the Constitutional Convention. He was so anxious to participate that when the legislature failed to provide funds for its delegation, Langdon personally paid his own way and that of fellow delegate Nicholas Gilman. John Langdon was soon noted for his strong support of measures to strengthen the national government. Langdon was particularly forceful in advocating centralized authority for the regulation of commerce, taxation, and military matters.
 * John Langdon was a senator for New Hampshire ||
 * John Langdon was a senator for New Hampshire ||

DBQ: John Langdon was a part of one of the first Federalist parties around the time of 1789. Around the time of Jays Treaty was being signed, he was against the Federalist parties. By 1801 he was strongly backing up the Democratic-Republicans. He didn't like the fact that the government split up the powers into the central and state government. Attendance Record: John Langdon attended 49 out of 89 days, that would mean he was there 55% of the time. At the beginning of the meetings he was mostly absent, but towards the middle he started to show up and then he didn’t miss a meeting after that. That shows that he was a very detected person when he was there. List of Actual Days Attended: Act 1- did not attend Act 2- attended 4 out of 36 days Act 3- attended all days Act 4- attended all days
 * The Constitution was created to prevent tyranny in the U.S. ||
 * The Constitution was created to prevent tyranny in the U.S. ||

Primary sources: One thing that John Langdon would be on both sides of the constitution would be Federalism. John Langdon at first was with the idea of federalism, until the time of Jays treaty he decided that he was an antifederlist. He did not like the fact that the government split the powers into central and state government.

Constitutional Connection: John Langdon was with the constitution all of the way. Even though he did not attended every meeting about the constitution he did want the constitution to go through. he didn’t like all of the ways the constitution was created, but he was with the main reason to create the constitution. He wanted to prevent tyranny for the United States just as bad as any other person that was at the meetings.

Bill of Rights: John Langdon was against and with the idea of separation of powers. He did not like the fact that the government would split into the three branches of government. He did like the idea that the constitution would prevent tyranny in the United States.

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