About: James M. Langley

James McLellan Langley (October 11, 1894 – June 23, 1968) was an American newspaper editor and diplomat. Born in Hyde Park, Boston, to Frank Elmer Langley and Mary Bradford McLellan, James M. Langley was raised in Vermont, where his father, who later served as mayor of Barre and state senator, had founded the Barre Times in 1894. The younger Langley attended Dartmouth College. His college career was broken up by World War I, during which he trained at a Plattsburgh camp, before moving to the Fort Devens-Sudbury Training Annex. After his graduation and discharge from the Army, Langley worked for the Manchester Union Leader. In 1923, Langley secured a loan from his father and John G. Winant. He used to money to buy, then merge, the Concord Monitor with The New Hampshire Patriot. Langley sold