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About Langdon Cheves
Langdon Cheves was an American politician, lawyer and businessman from South Carolina. He represented the city of Charleston in the United States House of Representatives from 1810 to 1815, where he played a key role on the home front of the War of 1812. Cheves was a leader among the War Hawk faction of the House. He served as chairman of the Committees on Naval Affairs and Ways and Means under Speaker of the House Henry Clay, then succeeded Clay as Speaker in the war's final stages. After leaving the House, he served as President of the Second Bank of the United States from 1819 to 1823.
Everything about Langdon Cheves →- Occupation
- politician, lawyer, judge
- Position held
- United States representative, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, South Carolina Attorney General, member of the South Carolina House of Representatives
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- September 17, 1776
- Died
- June 26, 1857