Elias Langham

Elias Langham (1749 – April 1830) 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]

References

• 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 0873384962. LCCN 94-006142. http://books.google.com/books?id=6thCEZk99GQC&pg=PA8&dq=%22Elias+Langham%22&hl=en&ei=Le5RTrvODank0QGXgd32Bg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CEAQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=%22Elias%20Langham%22&f=false. "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 9780813926698. http://books.google.com/books?id=KI9QZCnKSNgC&pg=PA81&dq=%22Elias+Langham%22&hl=en&ei=Le5RTrvODank0QGXgd32Bg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CEUQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=%22Elias%20Langham%22&f=false. "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

• "Elias Langham". Papers of the War Department 1784–1800. http://wardepartmentpapers.org/searchresults.php?searchClass=fulltextSearch&fulltextQuery=Elias+Langham. Retrieved August 22, 2011.