page_title: Alf Landon
hierarchical_section_title: Alf Landon
caption_attribution_description: English: Alf Landon, Governor of Kansas and Republican presidential nominee, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left, Library of Congress.
context_page_description: Alfred Mossman Landon was an American politician. He was a member of the Republican Party. He served as the 26th Governor of Kansas from 1933 to 1937.
  Landon was the Republican Party’s nominee in the 1936 presidential election, but was defeated in a landslide by incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
  President Reagan and Mrs. Reagan attended Landon's hundredth birthday party at his home in Topeka. President Reagan described Landon as "the living soul of Kansas" and remarked, "You don't know what a joy it is to come to a birthday party of someone who in all honesty can call me a kid."
context_section_description: Alfred Mossman Landon (September 9, 1887 – October 12, 1987) was an American politician. He was a member of the Republican Party. He served as the 26th Governor of Kansas from 1933 to 1937.
  Landon was the Republican Party’s nominee in the 1936 presidential election, but was defeated in a landslide by incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
  President Reagan and Mrs. Reagan attended Landon's hundredth birthday party at his home in Topeka.   President Reagan described Landon as "the living soul of Kansas" and remarked, "You don't know what a joy it is to come to a birthday party of someone who in all honesty can call me a kid."
caption: From the United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs Division
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