Charles B. Landis

Charles B. Landis

Charles Beary Landis (July 9, 1858 - April 24, 1922) was a U.S. Representative from Indiana, brother of Congressman Frederick Landis and Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis.

Born in Millville, Ohio, Landis attended the public schools of Logansport, Indiana, and was graduated from Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana, in 1883. He was editor of the Logansport Journal 1883-1887 and at the time of his nomination for Congress was editor of the Delphi (Indiana) Journal. He served as president of the Indiana Republican Editorial Association in 1894 and 1895.

Landis was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fifth and to the five succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1897-March 3, 1909). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection. He resumed newspaper work in Delphi, Indiana. He died in Asheville, North Carolina, where he had gone because of impaired health, April 24, 1922. He was interred in Mount Hope Cemetery, Logansport, Indiana.

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