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English ancestry Politicians in Kansas

  Charles Curtis (1860-1936) — also known as "Square Shooter"; "The Whisperer" — of Topeka, Shawnee County, Kan. Born in a log cabin at Eugene (now part of Topeka), Shawnee County, Kan., January 25, 1860; his mother was one-quarter blood Kansa/Osage Indian. Republican. Lawyer; Shawnee County Prosecuting Attorney, 1884-88; U.S. Representative from Kansas, 1893-1907 (4th District 1893-99, 1st District 1899-1907); resigned 1907; U.S. Senator from Kansas, 1907-13, 1915-29; delegate to Republican National Convention from Kansas, 1908; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1924, 1928; Vice President of the United States, 1929-33; defeated, 1932. Protestant. English, French, and Kansa/Osage Indian ancestry. Died of a heart attack, in Washington, D.C., February 8, 1936 (age 76 years, 14 days). Interment at Topeka Cemetery, Topeka, Kan.
  Relatives: Son of Oren A. Curtis and Helen (Pappan) Curtis; married, November 27, 1884, to Annie E. Baird; father of Leona Curtis Knight; third great-grandson of "White Hair" Pawhuska.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile
Alf M. Landon Alfred Mossman Landon (1887-1987) — also known as Alf M. Landon — of Independence, Montgomery County, Kan.; Topeka, Shawnee County, Kan. Born in West Middlesex, Mercer County, Pa., September 9, 1887. Republican. Oil producer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Kansas Republican state chair, 1928; Governor of Kansas, 1933-37; candidate for President of the United States, 1936; delegate to Republican National Convention from Kansas, 1940 (member, Resolutions Committee), 1944, 1948. Methodist. English and Scotch-Irish ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows; Elks; Phi Gamma Delta; Phi Delta Phi; American Legion. Died in Topeka, Shawnee County, Kan., October 12, 1987 (age 100 years, 33 days). Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Topeka, Kan.
  Relatives: Son of Anne (Mossman) Landon and John Manuel Landon; married, January 9, 1915, to Margaret Euphemia Fleming; married, January 15, 1930, to Theo Cobb; father of Nancy Josephine Landon (who married Howard Henry Baker Jr.).
  Political family: Baker family of Kansas and Tennessee.
  Cross-reference: Fred A. Seaton
  See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Books by Alfred M. Landon: America at the Crossroads
  Books about Alfred M. Landon: Donald R. McCoy, Landon of Kansas — Mike Resnick, ed., Alternate Presidents [anthology]
  Image source: Official Report of the 21st Republican National Convention (1936)
John W. Smeed John W. Smeed (1881-1949) — of Caldwell, Canyon County, Idaho. Born in Phillips County, Kan., October 14, 1881. Livery stable owner; stockyard business; mayor of Caldwell, Idaho, 1923-25. English ancestry. Member, Elks; Kiwanis. Died September 18, 1949 (age 67 years, 339 days). Interment at Meridian Cemetery, Meridian, Idaho.
  Relatives: Son of Henry Smeed and Harriett Jane (Watson) Smeed; married, May 26, 1909, to Florence Beckman.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: Idaho Statesman, May 6, 1923
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