Alf Landon

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."

His daughter was U.S. Senator Nancy Kassebaum.

References

Other websites
Alf Landon's Obituary (New York Times)
Alfred M. Landon Lecture Series on Public Issues (Kansas State University) 
Alf Landon and Social Security Reform by Nicholaus Mills, Dissent, Spring 2005.

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