John Langdon-Signer of the Constitution

Here is another founder many people may not have ever heard of.  John Langdon was on of the two delegates from New Hampshire.

John Langdon was born on June 26, 1741 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire and he died September 18, 1819 in the same location.  Before becoming a delegate at the Constitutional Convention, Langdon was the captain of a cargo ship, a wealthy international trader, and one of the men involved heavily in the war effort against the largest army and navy in the world.  In New Hampshire Langdon was involved in forming and organizing the New Hampshire militia.  John Langdon was a very rich man and belonged to a militia unit that was given the nickname of the "silk-stocking" unit because of how rich it's members were.  Langdon also was on the committee that oversaw the establishment of the Continental Navy and he even provided his merchant fleet for the Navy.

As a delegate from New Hampshire, along with Nicholas Gilman, John Langdon helped persuade his state to ratify the Constitution and join the United States of America.  Because of New Hampshire's ratification the Constitution became the law governing our new nation.  Because of the indebtedness of the United States the Continental Congress didn't have enough money to pay for the delegates food and lodgings for the first little while.  Thus, John Langdon gladley payed the way for himself and his fellow delegate from New Hampshire.  John Langdon was just another great founder who really cared about the Constitution and helped establish it for the greatest country in the world.