Langdon, Robert Bruce "R.B."

His middle initial is listed as B. in all sources except the Minnesota Legislative Manual, 1873 where it is listed as both B. and V.

He was of English ancestry.

He was born on a farm near New Haven, Vermont. In the late 1840s and early 1850s he lived in Ohio and Wisconsin. He came to St. Paul, Minnesota in 1858. He moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1865 or 1866.

He ran unsuccessfully for the Minnesota Senate in the 1888 election. He was defeated by only a few votes.

"In the days of the Whig party he was an old liner, but when that light went out, he found his affinity in the Republican fold." (Biographical Sketches of the Officers of the State Government of Minnesota and of the 19th Minnesota State Legislature by C.L. Hall, 1877, p. 17)

"He was connected with the Republican party all his life." (Progressive Men of Minnesota, 1897, p. 425)

He was listed as a Republican on the list of members posted after the 1877 election. ("The Next Legislature." St. Paul Pioneer Press, November 10, 1877)

He built the first Washburn mill and many other important buildings in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Biographical Sketches of the Officers of the State Government of Minnesota and of the 19th Minnesota State Legislature by C.L. Hall, 1877, p. 16)

Langdon, North Dakota and Langdon, Minnesota were named after him.

He was a member of St. Mark's Episcopal Church.

Religion provided by Progressive Men of Minnesota, 1897, p. 426.