Alfred Mossman Landon (
September 9,
1887 -
October 12,
1987) was a governor of Kansas and U.S.
Presidential candidate. He was elected Governor of Kansas in
1933 and served until
1937. "Alf" Landon, as he was commonly known, ran for president against the formidable
Franklin Delano Roosevelt in
1936 and lost by a wide margin.
His daughter, Nancy Landon Kassebaum[?], was a United States Senator from Kansas.
See also: U.S. presidential election, 1936