Landis - Charles B.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
LANDIS, Charles Beary, (brother of Frederick Landis), 1858-1922, a Representative from
Indiana; born in Millville, Butler County, Ohio, July 9, 1858; attended the
public schools of Logansport, Ind., and was graduated from Wabash College,
Crawfordsville, Ind., in 1883; editor of the Logansport Journal 1883-1887 and
at the time of his nomination for Congress was editor of the Delphi (Ind.)
Journal; president of the Indiana Republican Editorial Association in 1894 and
1895; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fifth and to the five succeeding
Congresses (March 4, 1897-March 3, 1909); unsuccessful candidate for
reelection; resumed newspaper work in Delphi, Ind.; died in Asheville, N.C.,
where he had gone because of impaired health, April 24, 1922; interment in
Mount Hope Cemetery, Logansport, Ind. - thanks to Jeff S