Search results
Alfred Mossman Landon (September 9, 1887 – October 12, 1987) was an American oilman and politician who served as the 26th governor of Kansas from 1933 to 1937.
Alf Landon (born Sept. 9, 1887, West Middlesex, Pa., U.S.—died Oct. 12, 1987, Topeka, Kan.) was the governor of Kansas (1933–37) and an unsuccessful U.S. Republican presidential candidate in 1936. Landon went with his parents to Independence, Kan., in 1904.
The 1936 United States presidential election was the 38th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 3, 1936. In the midst of the Great Depression, incumbent Democratic President Franklin D. Roosevelt defeated Republican Governor Alf Landon of Kansas in a landslide.
THE AVERAGE person remembers Alf M. Landon as a badly beaten presidential candidate in 1936, but there are better reasons for remembering him. Among other things, he used his meager and ill-defined powers as titular leader of the Republican minority between 1937 and 1940 to mitigate intraparty strife.
Oct 13, 1987 · Death came Monday to Alfred M. (Alf) Landon, the plain-spoken Kansas Republican who lost the 1936 presidential election in an unprecedented landslide but won the enduring respect and...
Alfred Mossman Landon (September 9, 1887 – October 12, 1987) was an American politician. He was a member of the Republican Party. He served as the 26th Governor of Kansas from 1933 to 1937.
Alfred M. Landon. Politician, oil man. Republican. Born: September 9, 1887, West Middlesex, Pennsylvania. Married: Margaret Fleming, 1915 (died 1918). Married: Theo Cobb, 1930. Died: October 12, 1987, Topeka, Kansas. Served as 26th Governor of Kansas: January 9, 1933, to January 11, 1937.
Alfred Mossman Landon was an American oilman and politician who served as the 26th governor of Kansas from 1933 to 1937. A member of the Republican Party, he was the party's nominee in the 1936 presidential election, and was defeated in a landslide by incumbent president Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Alfred "Alf" Mossman Landon (September 9, 1887 – October 12, 1987) was an American politician who served as Governor of Kansas from 1933-1937. He was a banker and oil-well operator before he ran for public office. Landon was a key figure in the United States Republican party in the 1930s.
Alfred Mossman "Alf" Landon (September 7, 1887–October 12, 1987) was the governor of Kansas and Republican presidential candidate in 1936. Landon was born in West Middlesex, Pennsylvania, received a law degree from the University of Kansas in 1908, and became a successful independent oil producer and Republican politician.
