| Alf Landon  AKA Alfred Mossman Landon
Born: 9-Sep-1887
Birthplace: West Middlesex, PA
Died: 12-Oct-1987
Location of death: Topeka, KS
Cause of death: Illness
Remains: Buried, Mt. Hope Cemetery, Topeka, KS
Gender: Male
Religion: Methodist
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Politician
Party Affiliation: Republican Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Republican Presidential candidate 1936 Military service: US Army Born in Pennsylvania, grew up on Ohio, and did not move to Kansas until he was seventeen. Worked on Progressive Party Theodore Roosevelt's 1912 Presidential campaign. Governor of Kansas 1933-7, in fact the only Republican elected as Governor in 1932. Landon became the Republican candidate for President in 1936, trounced by Franklin D. Roosevelt -- Landon was only able to carry Maine and Vermont, making it the biggest landslide since 1820.
Father: John Manuel Landon
Mother: Anne Mossman Landon
Wife: Margaret Fleming (m. 9-Jan-1915, d. 1918)
Daughter: Margaret Ann Mills ("Peggy", b. 8-Apr-1917, d. 26-Mar-1995)
Wife: Theo Cobb (m. 1930, d. 14-Jul-1996)
Daughter: Nancy Kassebaum (US Senator)
Son: John ("Jack")
Law School: University of Kansas (1908)
Governor of Kansas 1933-37
Benevolent & Protective Order of the Elks
Freemasonry
Oddfellows
Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity
Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity
Risk Factors: Smoking
Is the subject of books:
Landon of Kansas, Jun-1979, BY: Donald R. McCoy
Author of books:
America at the Crossroads (Jun-1971)
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