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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. 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 .
Landon Sunflower. In the 1936 election for United States President, Alf Landon was the Republican opponent to the Democratic candidate Franklin D. Roosevelt. Landon, being the governor of Kansas at that time, adopted the sunflower as his campaign symbol, because Kansas was known as the Sunflower State. Landon lost the race to Roosevelt by a ...
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20 de ago. de 2006 · Kansas Gov. Alf Landon speaks from the back of his “Sunflower Special” train in downtown Sharon during a stop on Monday, Aug. 24, 1936. The appearance was while he was leaving the Shenango ...
- Jeff Greenburg
The shape of this one promoting Alf Landon and Frank Knox, the 1936 Republican nominees for president and vice president, suggests it was intended to be attached to a license plate. Because Landon was the governor of Kansas many of his campaign items featured its state flower, the sunflower.
20 de mar. de 2024 · Political Affiliation: Republican Party. Notable Family Members: daughter Nancy Kassebaum. 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.
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6 de sept. de 1992 · It is the state flower of Kansas, whose favorite son, Alf Landon, used it on his campaign buttons in the Presidential campaign of 1936. The Democrats replied, "Sunflowers die in November,"...
Alf Landon was Franklin D. Roosevelt's Republican opponent during the 1936 election. Landon came from Kansas, the Sunflower State. He adopted the sunflower as his campaign symbol, as did Robert Dole, Republican candidate for President in 1996.
