US Congressman. He was born one of seven children to John Dean Landis (1852-1940), and his wife Nettie Criss Oliphant Landis (1857-1917). He was educated locally and attended the common public schools of Linton, Indiana. During World War I, he was drafted and served with the rank of Lieutenant in the Infantry of the United States Army from 1918 to 1919. Following his military service, he returned home to the United States and attended and graduated from the prestigious Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, in 1923. While attending Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, he also played the position of quarterback for the Indiana Hoosiers Football Team during the early 1920s. He then taught school in high schools in Linton, Indiana, from 1923 to 1938. He also received a Master's Degree from Indiana University, in Bloomington, Indiana, in 1938. He then decided to run for a seat in the United States Congress and was elected to succeed the outgoing United States Representative Arthur Herbert Greenwood (1880-1963), on January 3, 1939. A Member of the Republican Party, he then served Indiana's 7th District (Seventy-Sixth Congress and to the four succeeding Congresses), in the United States House of Representatives from January 3, 1939, to January 3, 1949. He was an unsuccessful Candidate for reelection to represent the Eighty-Fourth Congress in 1948. After his term in the United States Congress expired he was succeeded in office by United States Representative James Ellsworth Noland (1920-1992), on January 3, 1949. He also served as a Delegate to the Republican National Convention from the State of Indiana in 1944, Assistant to the Administrator, Commodity Stabilization Service, Department of Agriculture from April 1954, to January 1961, and lastly as a Delegate to the Indiana State Convention in 1964. He retired from politics shortly thereafter. He was married to Vera Helen Wilson Landis (1902-1973), with whom he had a daughter named Mary. He was a longtime member of several clubs and organizations including the Disciples of Christ, American Legion, Forty and Eight, Delta Upsilon, Freemasons, Elks, Knights of Pythias, and Moose.
US Congressman. He was born one of seven children to John Dean Landis (1852-1940), and his wife Nettie Criss Oliphant Landis (1857-1917). He was educated locally and attended the common public schools of Linton, Indiana. During World War I, he was drafted and served with the rank of Lieutenant in the Infantry of the United States Army from 1918 to 1919. Following his military service, he returned home to the United States and attended and graduated from the prestigious Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, in 1923. While attending Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, he also played the position of quarterback for the Indiana Hoosiers Football Team during the early 1920s. He then taught school in high schools in Linton, Indiana, from 1923 to 1938. He also received a Master's Degree from Indiana University, in Bloomington, Indiana, in 1938. He then decided to run for a seat in the United States Congress and was elected to succeed the outgoing United States Representative Arthur Herbert Greenwood (1880-1963), on January 3, 1939. A Member of the Republican Party, he then served Indiana's 7th District (Seventy-Sixth Congress and to the four succeeding Congresses), in the United States House of Representatives from January 3, 1939, to January 3, 1949. He was an unsuccessful Candidate for reelection to represent the Eighty-Fourth Congress in 1948. After his term in the United States Congress expired he was succeeded in office by United States Representative James Ellsworth Noland (1920-1992), on January 3, 1949. He also served as a Delegate to the Republican National Convention from the State of Indiana in 1944, Assistant to the Administrator, Commodity Stabilization Service, Department of Agriculture from April 1954, to January 1961, and lastly as a Delegate to the Indiana State Convention in 1964. He retired from politics shortly thereafter. He was married to Vera Helen Wilson Landis (1902-1973), with whom he had a daughter named Mary. He was a longtime member of several clubs and organizations including the Disciples of Christ, American Legion, Forty and Eight, Delta Upsilon, Freemasons, Elks, Knights of Pythias, and Moose.
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