Ira Landrith (March 23, 1865 – October 11, 1941) was an American Presbyterian minister and temperance activist. A known orator, Landrith was part of the Flying Squadron of America, which traveled the United States advocating for temperance.

Life

Landrith was educated at Trinity University and

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. From 1893 to 1894 he served as the general secretary of the

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and as general secretary of the Presbyterian Brotherhood of America from 1907 to 1909. He served as president of

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(now University) from 1904 to 1912, of Ward Seminary from 1912 to 1913, and of Ward-Belmont College from 1913 to 1915. In 1914, he became a member of the Flying Squadron of America and from 1915 to 1925 served as a lecturer for the

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and World League Against Alcoholism. On July 21, 1916, he was given the Prohibition Party's vice presidential nomination with the support of National Treasurer

Herman P. Faris Herman Preston Faris (December 25, 1858 – March 20, 1936) was an American businessman and politician who served as treasurer of the Prohibition National Committee, twice as the Prohibition Party candidate for governor of Missouri, and was the ...

for the 1916 presidential election and in the general election he and Frank Hanly received 221,302 votes. From 1920 to 1927 he served as president of the Intercollegiate Prohibition Association of Washington, D.C., and later as president of the

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from 1928 to 1931. On October 11, 1941, he died in Altadena, California.

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* 1865 births 1941 deaths American Presbyterian ministers Cumberland University alumni Cumberland University faculty Presidents of Belmont University Prohibition Party (United States) vice presidential nominees Tennessee Prohibitionists {{Tennessee-politician-stub