Gerald Wayne Landis (February 23, 1895 – September 6, 1971) was an American educator and politician who served five terms as a

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from

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from 1939 to 1949.

Biography

Born in

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, Landis attended the public schools of

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. He served as a lieutenant in the Infantry of the

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in 1918 and 1919. He was graduated from

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at Bloomington in 1923 and received a master's degree in 1938. He played

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as a quarterback for the

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team in the early 1920s. He taught in the high schools at

from 1923 to 1938.

Congress

Landis was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-sixth and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1949). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1948 to the Eighty-first Congress.

Later career and death

He served as a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1944 and Indiana State convention in 1964. He served as assistant to the Administrator, Commodity Stabilization Service, Department of Agriculture, from April 1954 to January 1961. He died in

, September 6, 1971. He was interred in Fairview Cemetery.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Landis, Gerald Wayne 1895 births 1971 deaths People from Bloomfield, Indiana United States Army personnel of World War I Indiana Hoosiers football players United States Army officers People from Linton, Indiana Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Indiana 20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives Delta Upsilon members Members of the House Un-American Activities Committee

Biography

Congress

Later career and death

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