Carl A. Rott papers 1919-1971

Landon, Alfred M. (Alfred Mossman), 1887-1987

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Alfred "Alf" Mossman Landon (September 9, 1887 – October 12, 1987) was an American politician from the Republican Party. He served as the twenty-sixth Governor of Kansas from 1933 to 1937. He was the Republican Party's nominee in the 1936 presidential election, but was defeated in a landslide by incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt who won the electoral college vote 523 to 8. Born in West Middlesex, Pennsylvania, Landon spent most of his childhood in Marietta, Ohio before moving to Kansa...

Wyoming. State Highway Commission

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Seaton, Fred A. (Fred Andrew), 1909-1974

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Frederick Andrew Seaton was born on December 11, 1909 in Washington, D.C., December 11, 1909. He attended Kansas State College at Manhattan, Kansas. In 1936 he was secretary to Republican presidential candidate Alfred M. Landon. He also served as president of Seaton Publishing Company, Hastings, Nebraska, and publisher of Hastings Daily Tribune. He was elected to the Nebraska State Senate for 1945 to 1949, and served as the chairman of the legislative council from 1947 to 1949. On December 10, 1...

Weir, William Bayard, d. 1879

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Rott, Carl A., 1902-1969.

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Carl A. Rott was born in Sauk County, Wisconsin in 1902 and graduated from the Univeresity of Wisconsin in 1928 with an M.A. in journalism and economics. He worked for several papers in Wisconsin before becoming acquainted with Alf Landon in 1932. Landon had just been elected governor of Kansas, and Rott served as Landon's personal secretary from 1932-1939. He also served as one of Landon's speechwriters during his 1936 presidential campaign. From 1939-1940, Rott was the personnel director for t...