Charles Beary Landis (July 9, 1858 – April 24, 1922) was an American newspaperman and politician who served six terms as a

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from 1897 to 1909.

Early life and career

He was a brother of both Congressman Frederick Landis and of Baseball Commissioner

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. Born in

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, Landis attended the public schools of

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, and graduated from

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, in 1883, where he was a member of Tau chapter of

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. He was editor of the ''Logansport Journal'' 1883-1887 (which later became part of the ''

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'') 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.

Congress

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 in 1908.

Later career and death

Landis resumed newspaper work in

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. He died at the age of 63 in

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, where he had gone because of impaired health, April 24, 1922. He was interred in Mount Hope Cemetery,

References

External links

Charles Beary Landis entry
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Landis, Charles Beary 1858 births 1922 deaths American newspaper editors People from Butler County, Ohio People from Montgomery County, Indiana Wabash College alumni People from Delphi, Indiana Journalists from Ohio Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Indiana 19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives