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Alfred Mossman „Alf“ Landon war ein US-amerikanischer Geschäftsmann und Politiker der Republikanischen Partei. Zwischen 1933 und 1937 war er der 26. Gouverneur des Bundesstaates Kansas. 1936 verlor er bei der Präsidentschaftswahl gegen Amtsinhaber Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Alfred Mossman Landon (September 9, 1887 – October 12, 1987) 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 presidential election, and was defeated in a landslide by incumbent president Franklin D. Roosevelt .
Alf Landon (born Sept. 9, 1887, West Middlesex, Pa., U.S.—died Oct. 12, 1987, Topeka, Kan.) was the governor of Kansas (1933–37) and an unsuccessful U.S. Republican presidential candidate in 1936. Landon went with his parents to Independence, Kan., in 1904.
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U.S. presidential election of 1936, American presidential election held on November 3, 1936, in which Democratic President Franklin D. Roosevelt won reelection, defeating Republican Alf Landon. Roosevelt captured 523 electoral votes (to Landon’s 8), and he won every state except Maine and Vermont.
Alfred Mossman „Alf“ Landon war ein US-amerikanischer Geschäftsmann und Politiker der Republikanischen Partei. Zwischen 1933 und 1937 war er der 26. Gouverneur des Bundesstaates Kansas. 1936 verlor er bei der Präsidentschaftswahl gegen Amtsinhaber Franklin D. Roosevelt.
An article by George H. Mayer on the role of Alf M. Landon, the defeated Republican presidential candidate in 1936, as the titular leader of the congressional minority during the New Deal era. It examines how Landon tried to mitigate intraparty strife, define issues, and prepare for the 1940 election.
13. Okt. 1987 · Alfred M. Landon, the former Governor of Kansas who gained lasting fame for his landslide defeat by Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1936 Presidential election, died at his home in Topeka yesterday...
