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In 1912, he and three partners started a business to develop oil wells, then a new burgeoning business, and Landon quickly became a leader in the petroleum industry. In 1917, when the United States entered World War I, he joined the United States Army and was promoted to Lieutenant, serving a total of 19 months and was discharged in 1919.
See the PDF Version of this article. 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.
Alfred Mossman Landon was born in West Middlesex, Pennsylvania, on September 9, 1887. He grew up in Ohio and moved with his family to Kansas when he was seventeen. Landon was a key figure in the U.S. Republican party in the 1930s and ran unsuccessfully for president in 1936. "Alf" Landon first entered the national political arena in 1912 ...
Alf Landon (1887-1987) was an American businessman and politician who is best known for being the Governor of Kansas and the Republican candidate for President of the United States in the 1936 election. Landon was born on September 9, 1887, in West Middlesex, Pennsylvania, into a wealthy and influential family.
Alfred Mossman Landon was born in West Middlesex, Pennsylvania, on September 9, 1887. He grew up in Ohio and moved with his family to Kansas when he was seventeen. Landon was a key figure in the U.S. Republican party in the 1930s and ran unsuccessfully for president in 1936.
Alf Landon, G.O.P. Stand-Bearer, Dies at 100. Alfred M. Landon, the former Governor of Kansas who gained lasting fame for his landslide defeat by Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1936 Presidential election, died at his home in Topeka yesterday, 34 days after his 100th birthday. Mr. Landon was released on Saturday from Stormont-Vail Regional Medical ...
Landon accepted the challenge of defeating the popular president. His acceptance speech shows his beliefs about the role of this large national government and the lack of progress in some of the programs that had thus far been administered. The speech was given at the South Entrance to the State House in Topeka on July 23, 1936.