Switch to EncyclopediaClose XLANDIS, FREDERICK: 1872-1934.
Frederick Landis, one of seven children of Abraham H. and
Mary A. Kumler Landis, was born at Seven Mile, O., on Aug. 18, 1872, and
received his early education in the public schools of Logansport, Ind. In 1895 he graduated from
the University of Michigan law department and began the practice
of law in Logansport. From 1903 to 1907
he was a member of the 58th and 59th Congresses. Following his retirement from
Congress, he turned to literature, writing several successful books. For three years
he was on the editorial staff of the NEW YORK AMERICAN.
In 1912 he joined the Progressive Party and was its
candidate for lieutenant governor of Indiana. He later became editor of the Logansport PHAROS-TRIBUNE and also spoke over the radio as
"The Hoosier Editor." In
1933-34 he published a monthly
magazine, THE HOOSIER EDITOR, made up entirely of his own
writings. Mr. Landis was elected again to Congress in 1934 but died on Nov. 16 of that year of pneumonia
contracted during the strenuous political campaign. He married Bessie A.
Baker in 1909.
Information from Who Was Who in America and the INDIANAPOLIS STAR, Nov. 16,
1934.
- The Glory of His Country. (Dramatized as The
Copperhead, with John Barrymore in the leading role.)New York, 1910.
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President. New York, 1910.
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Indianapolis, 1919.
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1940.
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