Gerald W. Landis

Gerald Wayne Landis ( born February 23, 1895 in Bloomfield, Greene County, Indiana, † September 6, 1971 in Linton, Indiana ) was an American politician. Between 1939 and 1949 he represented the State of Indiana in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Gerald Landis attended the public schools of his home. During World War II he was a lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He then continued his education until 1923 continued with studies at Indiana University in Bloomington. Between 1923 and 1938, Landis worked as a teacher in Linton. Politically, he was a member of the Republican Party. In 1944 he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Chicago, was first nominated to the Thomas E. Dewey as a presidential candidate. 20 years later, in 1964, he was a delegate to the regional Republican convention in Indiana.

In the congressional elections of 1938, Landis was in the seventh election district of Indiana in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Arthur H. Greenwood on January 3, 1939. After four elections he could pass in Congress until January 3, 1949 five legislative sessions. These were shaped by the events of the Second World War and its consequences since 1941. In 1948, Landis was not confirmed. Between 1954 and 1961 he worked for the U.S. Department of Agriculture. He died on 6 September 1971 in Linton.