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Elias Langham

Summary

Elias Langham (1749 – April 1830), born in Essex County, Virginia, was an American politician, land surveyor and soldier. He was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives representing Ross County, Ohio from 1803 to 1806 and served as speaker of that house from December 5, 1803 to December 2, 1804.[1]

Elias Langham
2nd Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives
In office
December 5, 1803 – December 2, 1804
Preceded byMichael Baldwin
Succeeded byMichael Baldwin
Member of the Ohio House of Representatives from Ross County
Member of the Ohio House of Representatives
In office
1803–1806
Personal details
Born1749
Essex County, Virginia, U.S.
DiedApril 1830 (age 80-81)
Political partyDemocratic-Republican

References edit

  1. ^ "Elias Langham". Ohio History Central. January 8, 2007. Retrieved August 22, 2011.
  • Jeffrey P. Brown and Andrew R.L. Cayton, ed. (1994). The Pursuit of public power: political culture in Ohio, 1787-1861. Kent State University Press. p. 8. ISBN 0-87338-496-2. LCCN 94006142. Governor Tiffin and Elias Langham, state house speaker in the 1803-4 assembly, were political enemies, and the governor wrote that Langham's election as speaker had occurred only because the house was full of inexperienced men. ...
  • Hammond, John Craig (2007). Slavery, freedom, and expansion in the early American West. University of Virginia Press. p. 81. ISBN 978-0-8139-2669-8. Perhaps hoping for a more favorable hearing for the petitioners, some member, most likely Elias Langham, motioned to place himself on the committee. If Langham hoped to influence the committee's decision and open the Virginia Military ...

External links edit

  • "Elias Langham". Papers of the War Department 1784–1800. Archived from the original on October 4, 2011. Retrieved August 22, 2011.
  • Elias Langham at Ohio History Central