Landon, Alfred M. (Alfred Mossman), 1887-1987
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Landon, Alfred M. 1887-1987
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Landon, Alfred Massman, 1887-
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Alf Landon was the unsuccessful Republican candidate for president in 1936. Before that presidential campaign, Landon was governor of Kansas from 1933 to 1936. Even before the governorship, he was a prominent Kansas Republican. For a biography of Landon, see Donald R. McCoy, Landon of Kansas (Lincoln, University of Nebraska Press, 1966).
Governor, politician.
Banker, oilman, political figure; of Independence, Topeka, Kan.
Alfred Mossman Landon was born at West Middlesex, Pa., in 1887. He was educated at Elba and Marietta, Ohio, before the family moved to Independence, Kan., in 1904. After one year of academic work at the University of Kansas (Lawrence), he transferred to the Law School there and received his L.L.B. degree in 1908. Landon instead chose to work as a bank clerk at the First National Bank in Independence then followed his father into the oil business. He served as Kansas governor 1930-34. Following his 1936 presidential defeat, he was regarded as an "elder statesman" by Republicans, and many notable political figures sought his counsel. He died in Topeka in 1987.
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United States
United States
Campaign literature
Campaign literature, 1936
Political campaigns
Elections. U.S. 1936
Governor
Governors
Kansas
Petroleum industry and trade
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Politics, Practical
Presidents
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Republican Party
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854-)
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U.S. History. 1933-1945
U.S. History. 1945-
World War, 1914-1918
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