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Langdon Cheves

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Langdon Cheves , 1776-1857, American statesman, b. Abbeville District (now Abbeville co.), S.C. Admitted to the bar in 1797, he became one of the leading lawyers of Charleston. In the U.S. House of Representatives (1810-15) he was one of the "war hawks" who agitated for hostilities with Britain. He served as chairman of the Ways and Means Committee and in 1814 succeeded Henry Clay as speaker. In this capacity Cheves cast the deciding vote against Alexander J. Dallas 's bill for establishing the second Bank of the United States , but it was chartered anyway in 1816. The bank was badly... Read more
The National Bank
...x2019; s president, resigned and was replaced by Langdon Cheves. To control speculation Cheves curtailed credit and called in state bank loans...not immediately repay what they had borrowed. Cheves had saved the bank at the people ’ s... Read more
War of 1812
...allies of Great Britain). Among the prominent war hawks in the 12th Congress were Henry Clay , John C. Calhoun , Langdon Cheves , Felix Grundy , Peter Porter, and others, who managed to override the opposition of John Randolph and of the moderates... Read more

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