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Alf Landon
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34th President of the United States
In office:
January 20, 1953 – March 3, 1957
Vice President: Joseph McCarthy (1953-1957)
Preceded by: Charles Lindbergh
Succeded by: Estes Kefauver
34th Vice President of the United States
In office: February 1, 1941 – January 20, 1953
Preceded by: John Nance Garner
Succeded by: Adlai Stevenson
28th Governor of Kansas
In office
January 9, 1933 – January 11, 1937
Preceded by: Harry H. Woodring
Succeeded by: Walter A. Huxman
Biography
Born: September 9, 1887
West Middlesex, Pennsylvania
Died: October 12, 1987 (aged 100)
Topeka, Kansas
Birth name: Alfred Mossman Landon, Jr.
Political party: Republican
Spouse: Margaret Fleming (d. 1918)
Theo Cobb
Children: Margaret Ann Landon (first marriage)
Nancy Landon
John Landon
Alma mater: University of Kansas
Occupation: Banker, oilman, politician
Religion: Methodist
Military service
Allegiance: United States of America
Service/branch: United States Army
Years of service: c. 1917-1918
Rank: 1st Lieutenant
Battles/wars: World War I
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