Alf Landon
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Alfred Mossman Landon was an American oilman and politician who served as the 26th governor of Kansas from 1933 to 1937. A member of the Republican Party, he was the party's nominee in the 1936 presid
Landon, c. 1936
Cover of Time magazine, May 18, 1936
Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 3, 1936. In the midst of the Great Depression, the Democratic ticket of incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt and incumbent Vice P
Alf Landon
…oilman and politician who served as the 26th governor of Kansas from 1933 to 1937. A member of the Republican Party, he was the party's nominee in the 1936 presidential election, and was defeated in a landslide by incumbent president Franklin D. Roosevelt. Born in West Middlesex, Pennsylvania, Landon spent most of his childhood…
FDR in 1933
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Governor Alf Landon of Kansas
Publisher Frank Knox from Illinois (withdrew; endorsed Landon)