Silas Zephaniah Landes (May 15, 1842 – May 23, 1910) was a

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from

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. Born in

Augusta County, Virginia Augusta County is a county in the Shenandoah Valley on the western edge of the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. The second-largest county of Virginia by total area, it completely surrounds the independent cities of Staunton and ...

, Landes attended the public schools. He studied law. He was

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by the

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in August 1863 and commenced practice in

Mount Carmel, Illinois Mount Carmel is a city in and the county seat of Wabash County, Illinois, United States. At the time of the 2020 census, the population was 7,015, and it is the largest city in the county. The next largest town in Wabash County is Allendale, ...

. He served as prosecuting attorney of Wabash County 1872-1884. Landes was elected as a

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to the Forty-ninth and Fiftieth Congresses (March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1889). In 1886, Landes appointed James R. Lindsay to the United States Military Academy; Lindsay graduated in 1890 and retired as a brigadier general. He declined to be a candidate for re-nomination in 1888. He resumed the practice of law in Mount Carmel. Landes was elected circuit judge of the fourth judicial circuit of Illinois June 1, 1891, and served six years. He resumed the practice of law. He died in

, May 23, 1910. He was interred in Rose Hill Cemetery.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Landes, Silas Zephaniah 1842 births 1910 deaths Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Illinois Illinois state court judges People from Augusta County, Virginia People from Mount Carmel, Illinois 19th-century Illinois state court judges 19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives