alf landon

     

In 1928 this oilman served as chairman of the Republican State Central Committee of Kansas

Trivia about alf landon

  • He died in Topeka October 12, 1987, a month after his 100th birthday
  • In 1933 this Republican began serving the first of his 2 terms as governor of Kansas
  • In 1932 this Republican was elected governor of Kansas; he won reelection in 1934
  • On his 1936 presidential campaign button, he used a sunflower motif, from the Kansas state flower
  • "As Maine goes, so goes Vermont" refers to only 2 states won by him in 1936 election
  • This 2-term governor of Kansas & 1936 Republican candidate for president passed away at age 100
  • In 1936 this 2-term Kansas governor became the GOP's presidential candidate but lost to FDR
  • In October 1936 Literary Digest took a poll & declared that this Kansan would win the presidency in a landslide

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