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THBKansas Governor & Presidential Nominee, Alf Landon, Group of Autographs & Political Ephemera
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LiveJul 21, 2014 - Jul 22, 2014
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Includes: letter on State of Kansas Office of the Governor letterhead. Thanking a head of lithography company for a sample sent to them. Secretarialy signed Alf M. Landon.
Printed copy of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, signed by Landon.
Letter and cover from Alf M. Landon Radio Stations, dated 27 Oct. 1976. He thanks W.O. Davis for his letter and states that it was a thrill to receive a standing ovation at the convention after all these years.
Signature of Landon torn from a Seward County Broadcasting Co. letter, approx. 3 x 5 in.
Landon's signature on a postal cover with cancellation of USS Franklin Roosevelt, 7 Jan 1971 and FDR stamp. (This seems a bit cruel, since Landon lost to FDR.)
Second cover signed by Landon with both cachet and stamp honoring the Sesquicentennial of Washington's inauguration. Cancellation of New York, April 30, 1939.
Plus small (20mm) Landon and Knox button; one 20 cm button with larger felt "sunflower" around it; and a fan with "Landon for President," approx. 8.25 in. wide, 10 in. tall.
Alfred Mossman Landon (1887-1987) was born in Pennsylvania and grew up in Marietta, Ohio. He moved to Kansas at the age of 17 and graduated from the Univ. of Kansas. He supported TR's Progressive Party in 1912, but was elected Governor of Kansas in 1933 as a Republican. He ran against FDR in 1936, opposing the re-election of the latter, and within his own party, opposing Herbert Hoover's bid to be the Republican candidate. He was defeated by Roosevelt, of course, and did not even carry his home state. With defeats in 1932 and 1936, the Republican party was in turmoil. It was Landon who helped pull the factions together and prepare an group of young up-and-coming leaders. FDR offered him a cabinet position toward the end of his second term, but Landon would only accept it if FDR did not run for a 3rd term.
Although nominally a Republican, Landon supported much of FDR's policies, including Social Security (although he maintained it was inefficient and wasteful). Later he also supported much of Lyndon Johnson's Medicare and Great Society programs. Alf saw many changes in the nation, as he lived to the age of 100.Most in very good condition, with expected faults (surface soil on letter cover), folds as expected.Condition
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