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LANDIS, Charles Beary
About this object
1858–1922
Concise Biography
LANDIS, Charles Beary, (brother of Frederick Landis), A Representative from Indiana; born in Millville, Butler County, Ohio, July 9, 1858; attended the public schools of Logansport, Ind., and was graduated from Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Ind., in 1883; editor of the Logansport Journal 1883-1887 and at the time of his nomination for Congress was editor of the Delphi (Ind.) Journal; president of the Indiana Republican Editorial Association in 1894 and 1895; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fifth and to the five succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1897-March 3, 1909); unsuccessful candidate for reelection; resumed newspaper work in Delphi, Ind.; died in Asheville, N.C., where he had gone because of impaired health, April 24, 1922; interment in Mount Hope Cemetery, Logansport, Ind.
View Record in the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
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Indiana State Library
Indianapolis, IN
Papers:
In the James Flynn Stutesman Papers, 1868-1916, 1 box.
Correspondents include Charles B. Landis.
University of Wisconsin-Parkside
Area Research Center
Kenosha, WI
Papers:
In the papers of Harvey Reid, 1857-1910, 1.2 cubic feet.
One letter describes the Champ Clark-Charles B. Landis debate at Clarinda, Iowa, August 21, 1900. This collection is owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Archives Division, Madison, Wisconsin.
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