in order to pursue his commercial interests in Portsmouth. It also resented his charge that the legislature failed to provide honorable salaries for judges and interfered in court decisions, calling his conduct " ... impertinent and unbecoming to his office." The trial in the state senate was postponed, with Langdon resigning his position before it could commence. In the meantime, President Washington had appointed him in December 1790 as a commissioner to settle Revolutionary War claims. In 1796 and 1797, Langdon attempted a comeback by running for Congress, but lost. Death and burial Langdon died in Portsmouth on January 13, 1805, and was buried in the North Cemetery at Portsmouth. Family In 1765, Langdon married Henry Sherburne's daughter Sarah, who was then 16. Their children included: Henry Sherburne Langdon (1766-1858), who married Ann Eustis, the sister of William Eustis. Woodbury Langdon (1768-1770) Sarah Langdon (1770-1795), the wife of Robert Harris of Portsmouth Mary Ann Langdon (b. 1772) Amelia Langdon (b. 1773) Woodbury Langdon (b. 1774), who became a resident of New Orleans, and died without marrying Dorothy Wentworth Langdon (b. 1775) Caroline Langdon (1780-1865), the wife of William Eustis. John Langdon (1781-1852), who married Charlotte Ladd and relocated to Buffalo, New York Harriet (b. 1783) Joshua Brackett Langdon (b. 1784), who died at sea Walter Langdon (1786-1847), who married Dorothea Astor, the daughter of John Jacob Astor, and became a resident of Hyde Park, New York Catherine Whipple Langdon (1787-1839), the wife of Edmund Roberts of Portsmouth. Legacy Governor and historian William Plumer reflected: He was a man of great independence and decision - bold, keen and sarcastic, and spoke his mind of men and measures with great freedom ... .He was naturally inclined to be arbitrary and haughty, but his sense of what was right, and his pride prevented him from doing intentional evil. Langdon's neoclassical mansion was purchased in 1830 by a company which converted it into an inn called The Rockingham House. In 1870, it was purchased by Frank Jones, local alemaker and hotelier, who had it remodeled and enlarged into the city's most fashionable hotel. A fire in 1884 badly damaged the building except for Woodbury Langdon's original dining room, which was retained when the hotel was rebuilt the following year. The Rockingham Hotel is today a condominium. References Sources Biography at Seacoast New Hampshire website Gurney, C. S. (1902), Portsmouth, Historic and Picturesque, The Lakeside