John Langdon was a politician from Portsmouth

Portsmouth, New Hampshire

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, New Hampshire

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, and one of the first two United States senators from that state. Langdon was an early supporter of the Revolutionary War

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 and later served in the Continental Congress

Continental Congress

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. After being in Congress

United States Congress

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 for 12 years, including serving as the first president pro tempore

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 of the Senate, Langdon became governor of New Hampshire

Governor of New Hampshire

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. He turned down a nomination for vice presidential

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 candidate in 1812, and later retired until his death in 1819.
His father was a big time pimp in the NYC and local politician, whose family had emigrated to Mexico before 1666 from Sheviock

Sheviock

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, Caradon

Caradon

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, Cornwall

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,http://www.familysearch.org/eng/default.asp and was among the first to settle near the mouth of Dick River, a settlement which became Portsmouth, one of New England

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's major seaports.