LANDON, ALFRED MOSSMAN

1887–1987, U.S. politician, b. West Middlesex, Pa. He was a banker and oil operator before he ran for public office. Landon served (1933–37) as governor of Kansas and gained a national reputation by his economic administration. As Republican candidate for president in 1936, running against Franklin Delano Roosevelt, he carried only Maine and Vermont. Nancy Landon Kassebaum-Baker is his daughter.

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books on: Landon Alfred Mossman  - 13 results

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Landon of Kansas
Book by Donald R. McCoy; University of Nebraska Press, 1966
Subjects: Landon, Alfred M--(Alfred Mossman)--1887-1987
...mental prod, and Alfred never forgot the...forty years later Landon retained a precise...method. 2 Although Landon early acquired a...him by Grandfather Mossman, as well as by Mariettas...time he was nine, Alfred was an adept bird...in the Alfred M. Landon Papers, Kansas State...
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American Nicknames: Their Origin and Significance
Book by George Earlie Shankle; H. W. Wilson, 1955
Subjects: Names, Geographical--United States, Names, Personal, Nicknames--United States
...1866, and died on November 25, 1944. Landon, Alfred Mossman Former Governor Alfred Mossman Landon was called the Coolidge of the West 1 and...Coolidge as President of the United States. Alfred Mossman Landon was born at West Middlesex...
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The Reader's Encyclopedia: An Encyclopedia of World Literature and the Arts
Book by William Rose Benét; Thomas Y. Crowell, 1948
Subjects: Art--Dictionaries, Literature--Dictionaries, Music--Dictionaries
...on into the Mojave Desert," by Mary Austin 1903 . Landon, Alfred Mossman 1887- . American businessman. Governor of Kansas...Unsuccessful Republican candidate for the presidency 1936 . Landon, Letitia Elizabeth 1802-1838 . English poet and...
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A Statistical History of the American Presidential Elections
Book by Svend Petersen; Frederick Ungar, 1963
Subjects: Presidents--United States--Election
...King, Rufus 1755-1827 Federalist 1816 Knutson, Alfred Independent 1940 Krajewski, Henry Poor Mans 1952...LaFollette, Robert Marion 1855-1925 Progressive 1924 Landon, Alfred Mossman 1887- Republican 1936 Lee, Joseph Bracken 1899...
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England Expects Every American to Do His Duty
Book by Quincy Howe; Simon and Schuster, 1937
Subjects: Great Britain--Foreign Relations--United States, Propaganda, British, United States--Foreign Relations--Great Britain
...14 Lamont, Thomas W., 21 , 59 , 62 - 63 , 74 , 76 , 174 Lamont, Mrs. Thomas W., 59 Landmark, The , 53 Landon, Alfred Mossman, 57 Lansbury, George, 156 - 157 Laski, Harold, 157 Laval, Pierre, 141 Lazard Bros. Co., Ltd., 92...
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journal articles on: Landon Alfred Mossman  - 4 results

 
 
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Journal article by R. Alton Lee; Vol. 67, 2005
Subjects: Electioneering--History, New Deal, 1933-1939, Political campaigns--History, Public assistance--Government finance, Public assistance--History, Public assistance--Political aspects, Welfare--Government finance, Welfare--History, Welfare--Political aspects
...Kansas Governor Alf (Alfred Mossman) Landons supporters...between Roosevelt and Landon for the White House...Governors Correspondence, Alfred M. Landon, 27 11 04 03, T...Governors Correspondence, Alfred M. Landon, 27 11 04 03, Alf...
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Phi Alpha Theta Initiates
Journal article; The Historian, Vol. 68, 2006
...Nagele, Alexander P. Orr, Rohan Padhye, Alfred Pontani, II, Manuel A. Rodeiro, Scott...Miller, Stephen R. Morse, Ellen L. Mossman, Edith Mulhern, Amy Rublin, Alexandra...Jennifer H. Dilley, Christina O. Getzen, Alfred C. Gray, Leslie L. Hicks, Karen Kincaid...
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Phi Alpha Theta Initiates
Journal article; The Historian, Vol. 71, 2009
Subjects: Greek letter societies--Membership
...Beta) 1 December 2008: Shea Stevens. Alfred University (Alpha Lambda Kappa) 28 February...Hilliard, Caroline L. Jordan, Rachel E. Mossman, Victoria L. Musheff, Molly B. Robinson...2009: Kathryn Eleanor Bailey, Kerry Landon Moore. Mercyhurst College (Alpha Eta...
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Phi Alpha Theta Initiates
Journal article; The Historian, Vol. 67, 2005
...Rachel Elizabeth Kinkade, Allen Bywaters Landon, Coty Marie Maypole, Jameson Richard...Kristina Ashanian, Kathryn Black, James Alfred Bloomingdale, Tanya Bokhoor, Remy Choi...Keone Kaiser, Matthew Maxwell, Marian Mossman, Amy Peterson, Christen Roper, Alyssa...


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encyclopedia articles on: Landon Alfred Mossman  - 2 results

 
 
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Landon, Alfred Mossman
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
LANDON, ALFRED MOSSMAN 1887 1987, U.S. politician, b...operator before he ran for public office. Landon served (1933 37) as governor of Kansas...carried only Maine and Vermont. Nancy Landon Kassebaum-Baker is his daughter...
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Kassebaum-Baker, Nancy Landon
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
KASSEBAUM-BAKER, NANCY LANDON kas bom , boum , 1932 , U.S. senator from Kansas (1979...Kans. A Republican and the daughter of Kansas governor Alfred Mossman (Alf) Landon , she was the first woman who had not entered politics as...


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