Note: This is just one of
1,164
family groupings listed on
The Political Graveyard web site.
These families each have three or more politician members,
all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption.
These groupings — even the names of the groupings,
and the areas of main activity — are the
result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have,
not the choices of any historian or genealogist.
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Walter Kumler Landis (1856-1917) —
also known as Walter K. Landis —
of San Juan, San Juan
Municipio, Puerto Rico.
Born in Millville, Butler
County, Ohio, April
15, 1856.
Republican. Postmaster at San
Juan, Puerto Rico, 1900-12.
Swiss
and German
ancestry.
Died in Logansport, Cass
County, Ind., November
5, 1917 (age 61 years, 204
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Beary Landis (1858-1922) —
also known as Charles B. Landis —
of Delphi, Carroll
County, Ind.
Born in Millville, Butler
County, Ohio, July 9,
1858.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 9th District, 1897-1909; defeated,
1908.
Swiss
and German
ancestry.
Died, from uremia
due to interstital
nephritis, in Meriwether Hospital,
Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C., April
24, 1922 (age 63 years, 289
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Logansport, Ind.
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Kenesaw Mountain Landis (1866-1944) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Millville, Butler
County, Ohio, November
20, 1866.
U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois, 1905-22;
resigned 1922; Commissioner of Baseball,
1920-44.
Swiss
and German
ancestry.
Elected to National Baseball Hall of
Fame, 1944.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
25, 1944 (age 78 years, 5
days).
Interment at Oak
Woods Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Frederick Daniel Landis (1872-1934) —
also known as Frederick Landis; Fred
Landis —
of Logansport, Cass
County, Ind.
Born in Sevenmile, Butler
County, Ohio, August
18, 1872.
U.S.
Representative from Indiana 11th District, 1903-07; defeated
(Republican), 1906; Progressive candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Indiana, 1912; candidate in Republican primary for Governor of
Indiana, 1928.
Swiss
and German
ancestry.
Died in a hospital
at Logansport, Cass
County, Ind., November
6, 1934 (age 62 years, 80
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Logansport, Ind.
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Cary Dayton Landis (1873-1938) —
also known as Cary D. Landis —
of DeLand, Volusia
County, Fla.
Born in Claypool, Kosciusko
County, Ind., May 10,
1873.
Democrat. School
principal; superintendent
of schools; lawyer; law
professor; Florida
state attorney general, 1931-36; appointed 1931.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Kiwanis.
Died May 10,
1938 (age 65 years, 0
days).
Interment at Ball Hill Cemetery, Cutler, Ind.
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Frederick Daniel Landis Jr. (1912-1990) —
also known as Frederick Landis —
of Logansport, Cass
County, Ind.
Born in Logansport, Cass
County, Ind., January
17, 1912.
Judge
of U.S. Customs Court, 1965-80; Judge of U.S. Court of
International Trade, 1980-83; took senior status 1983.
German
and Swiss
ancestry.
Died in Carmel, Hamilton
County, Ind., March 1,
1990 (age 78 years, 43
days).
Burial location unknown.
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