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Kennesaw Mountain Landis papers, 1892-1945. 37.5 linear ft.; correspondence, letterbooks containing copies of outgoing letters (1892-1921), scrapbooks (1896-1928), judicial opinions and other legal documents, and other papers of Landis relating to his career as a lawyer (1891-1905), judge (1905-1922), and baseball commissioner (1920-1944) and to his friends and family.
9 de abr. de 2022 · Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis became Major League Baseball commissioner without stepping down from the bench, leading to a congressional impeachment effort and an American Bar Association censure.
18 de fev. de 2009 · Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis served as baseball’s commissioner from 1920 until his death in 1944. (LIBRARY OF CONGRESS) The Formative Years. A central figure in our segregated game was Kenesaw Mountain Landis. He was meagerly educated and minimally trained for the profession of law.
Since Kenesaw Mountain Landis was not known for his penmanship, his letter to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was transcribed by the White House staff on a typewriter before being placed on FDR’s desk. (Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum)
Kenesaw Mountain is a variant spelling of Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia, the site of a Civil War battle at which Landis's father Abraham, a physician and surgeon, served on the Union side, receiving a leg wound during the fighting. Abraham and Mary lived in Millville, Ohio, in the southwestern part of the state, just north of Cincinnati.
23 de out. de 2001 · Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis is most famous for his role as the first Commissioner ever to rule organized baseball. But before he came into his legendary position as baseball's final say, Landis already had built a reputation from his Chicago courtroom as the most popular and most controversial federal judge in World War I-era America.
View Kenesaw Mountain Landis's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos). Full Name: Kenesaw Mountain Landis View Player Info from the B-R Bullpen. More bio, uniform, draft, salary info
