Samuel Langdon

Samuel Langdon (1723–1797) was an American Congregationalist minister and biblical scholar whose theological writings, particularly *The Republic of the Israelites*, sought to reconcile Calvinist orthodoxy with emerging republican political theory during the Revolutionary era. As president of Harvard College and a prominent New England clergyman, Langdon wielded considerable influence in shaping how American Protestant intellectuals understood the relationship between scriptural authority and democratic governance. His work exemplified the broader eighteenth-century effort to ground American political ideology in biblical precedent, positioning ancient Hebrew polity as a model for the new nation's constitutional framework.