Related newspaper, magazine, and trade journal articles from HighBeam Research
(Including press releases, facts, information, and biographies)
|
100TH BIRTHDAY PARTY IS A MEMORABLE ONE FOR ALF LANDON
; ...Kan. - It was, Alf Landon said, a day to remember...political personalities, Alfred Mossman Landon, the man Franklin D...Reagan, 76, hailed Landon as the "living soul...a day!" a moist-eyed Landon told two friends after...
Read more
|
|
An American original. (Alf Landon) (obituary)
; ...he died last week at age 100, Alfred Mossman Landon was also the grand old man of...from his front porch in Topeka. Landon won two terms as governor of Kansas...presidential candidate ever. Said Landon: They might have foregotten me...
Read more
|
|
The Landon legacy Arena, office building, middle school stand as testament to politician's achievements
; ...landslide is to destroy and bury, but Alf Landon defied nature. Not only did Landon survive his landslide defeat by President...Roosevelt in the 1936 election, Landon had at the end of his long life earned...Party." "In a hundred years, Alf Landon chased many dreams and caught most of them," said ...
Read more
|
|
Alf Landon, Loser in FDR Landslide, Dies
; ...Kansas, was the father of Sen. Nancy Landon Kassebaum (R-Kan.). In a statement last night, the president said, "Alf Landon exemplified the very best in public...the president said. Inevitably, Landon's 1936 loss, by 523 electoral votes...symbol of overwhelming defeat. But Landon had no illusions ...
Read more
|
|
Alf Landon dies at 100 // GOP's `grand old man' lost to Roosevelt in '36
; ...Sept. 9, said Monday night: "Alf Landon exemplified the very best in public...help his fellow man. . . . Gov. Landon was a true elder statesman, whose...many of us in public life." Mr. Landon was dubbed "the Kansas Coolidge...and the slogan "Life, Liberty and Landon." He condemned Roosevelt's New ...
Read more
|
|
|
GOP MAINSTAY ALF LANDON DIES
; ...had been close," he once said. Mr. Landon was hospitalized Sept. 28 at Stormont-Va...further and further behind him, Mr. Landon became a beloved symbol of his party...Dubbed "the Kansas Coolidge," Mr. Landon ran a campaign in 1936 that was...and the slogan "Life, Liberty and Landon." He condemned ...
Read more
|
|
|
[ Two giants forever are linked... ]
; ...the hands of Franklin Roosevelt. Landon claimed only two states, Maine and...years he spent in Chicago. Neither Landon nor Dwight Eisenhower was born in Kansas. Landon lived 92 years of his life in Independence...more of a Kansan than Menninger or Landon. The point here is not to chide those who ...
Read more
|
|
|
Further Alaska notes: What's Anchorage like in the winter?
; ...things under control. KANSANS OF THE CENTURY, No. 4: Alfred Mossman Landon (1887-1987), Independence and Topeka, 1936 presidential...California (8) had more nominees over the 68 years. Landon served as governor 1933-37 and Dole served in the...
Read more
|
For more facts and information,
see all related premium articles
