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Landis, Kenesaw Mountain

Born November 20, 1866, in Millville, OH
Died November 25, 1944, in Chicago, IL

Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
Nominated by Theodore Roosevelt on March 18, 1905, to a new seat authorized by 33 Stat. 992. Confirmed by the Senate on March 18, 1905, and received commission on March 18, 1905. Service terminated on February 28, 1922, due to resignation.

Education:
Union College of Law (now Northwestern Pritzker School of Law)
YMCA Law School (now Northern Kentucky University, Chase College of Law)
Read law, 1891

Professional Career:

Private practice, Chicago, Illinois, 1891-1893, 1895-1905
Private secretary, Secretary of State Walter Gresham, 1893-1895
First commissioner of organized baseball, 1921-1944

Bibliography

Henderson, John. "'The Most Interesting Man in America': Folk Logic and First Principles in the Early Career of Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis." Ph.D. diss., University of Florida, 1995.

Pietrusza, David. Judge and Jury: The Life and Times of Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis. South Bend, Ind.: Diamond Communications, 1998.

Spink, J. G. Taylor. Judge Landis and 25 Years of Baseball. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1947.

Manuscript Collections

Chicago History Museum
Chicago, Ill.
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.

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