Chauncey Langdon

Chauncey Langdon (November 8, 1763 – July 23, 1830) was a United States Representative from Vermont. He was born in Farmington, Connecticut. He pursued classical studies and was graduated from Yale College in 1787. He also studied law at Litchfield, Connecticut and was admitted to the bar in 1787. Shortly thereafter, he commenced practice in Castleton, Vermont before settling in Windsor, Vermont. Later, he returned to Castleton.

Langdon served as the register of probate 1792–1797; judge of probate in 1798 and 1799; and state councilor in 1808. He was a member of the Vermont House of Representatives in 1813, 1814, 1817, 1819, 1820, and 1822. He was also a trustee of Middlebury College 1811–1830. He was elected as a Federalist to the Fourteenth Congress (March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817). He was not a candidate for renomination to the Fifteenth Congress. He was again elected as state councilor and served from 1823 until his death in Castleton, Vermont in 1830 and was buried in the Congregational Cemetery.

References

• Chauncey Langdon at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

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Name	Langdon, Chauncey
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Date of birth	November 8, 1763
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Date of death	July 23, 1830
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