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Alf Landon

1887 - 1987

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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. Born in West Middlesex, Pennsylvania, Landon spent most of his childhood in Marietta, Ohio, before moving to Kansas. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alf Landon has received more than 921,814 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Alf Landon is the 13,115th most popular politician (down from 12,390th in 2019), the 6,042nd most popular biography from United States (up from 6,268th in 2019) and the 380th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Alf Landon ranks 13,115 out of 15,577Before him are Thaddeus Stevens, Meira Kumar, Nazi-Maruttash, William Davies Evans, Edgar Lungu, and Spurius Postumius Albinus Magnus. After him are Paul-Émile Janson, Eardwulf of Northumbria, Dilara Aliyeva, Oʻtkir Sultonov, Kjell Eugenio Laugerud García, and Johannes Virolainen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, Alf Landon ranks 186Before him are Boris Kostić, Igor Severyanin, Sigrid Fick, Louise Arner Boyd, Arcadio Larraona Saralegui, and Gregorio Marañón. After him are Kalle Anttila, Adriaan Fokker, Jamini Roy, Alfonso Calzolari, René Maran, and Amadeo García. Among people deceased in 1987, Alf Landon ranks 160Before him are Gerald Moore, Paul Janes, Ralph Nelson, C. L. Moore, Robert Preston, and Gerhard Fieseler. After him are Ivan Ivanov-Vano, Jaroslav Bouček, Henk Badings, James Coco, Charles Stark Draper, and Igor Ilyinsky.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Alf Landon ranks 6,042 out of 18,182Before him are Blind Willie Johnson (1897), Jakob Dylan (1969), James Foley (1953), Frank Foss (1895), Edmund Wilson (1895), and Thaddeus Stevens (1792). After him are Hunter Schafer (1998), Chris Van Allsburg (1949), Jenny Holzer (1950), Theodore Robinson (1852), Michael Kelly (1969), and Lawrence M. Krauss (1954).

Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Alf Landon ranks 380Before him are Joe Lieberman (1942), Julia Gardiner Tyler (1820), Harry Cohn (1891), Marvin Hart (1876), Jubal Early (1816), and Thaddeus Stevens (1792). After him are Rick Perry (1950), Larry O'Brien (1917), Salmon P. Chase (1808), Shirley Chisholm (1924), Charles Lang (1902), and Al Smith (1873).