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Birthday
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Death day
November 25, 1944 (78 years old)
Zodiac Sign
Scorpio
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Celebrities born on November 20
Born in 1866
Born in Milvile, Ohio
Scorpio named Kenesaw Mountain
Lawyers from Ohio
Lawyers born in United States
78 years old celebrities
First name Kenesaw Mountain
Kenesaw Mountain Landis
Kenesaw Mountain Landis is an American lawyer, served as a US federal judge from 1905 to 1922 and the first baseball commissioner from 1920 until his death. He is remembered for handling the Black Sox scandal in which he expelled eight Chicago White Sox members from the organized baseball team for plotting to lose to the 1919 World Series and repeatedly declined requests for reinstatement. their. His steadfast actions and stalwart dominance in baseball during his almost a quarter-century of tenure are often credited with restoring public confidence in the game. Born in Millville, Ohio, Landis's name is a spelled variant of the site of the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain, a major battle in the American Civil War that injured his father. Growing up in Indiana, he became a lawyer and later personal secretary to Walter Q. Gresham, the new Secretary of State, in 1893. He returned to private practice after Gresham's death in office.
BornKenesaw Mountain Landis, November 20, 1866, Millville, Ohio, U.S.
DiedNovember 25, 1944, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Resting placeOak Woods Cemetery, Chicago
Spouse(s)Winifred Reed (1895–1944)
Children3, including Reed
RelativesCharles Beary Landis (brother), Frederick Landis (brother)
EducationUnion College of Law, read law
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byHappy Chandler

About Kenesaw Mountain Landis

Lawyer Kenesaw Mountain Landis was born on November 20, 1866 in Milvile, Ohio, United States (He dies at the age of 78, on November 25, 1944).

After the Black Sox Scandal, a federal judge became the first commissioner of major league baseball.

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Kenesaw Mountain Landis before becoming famous

Kenesaw Mountain Landis was born in the Zodiac sign Scorpio (The Scorpion), and 1866 is also the year of Tiger (兎) in the Chinese Zodiac.

After failing algebra in high school, he dropped out and went to work at a local grocery store.

Achievement of Kenesaw Mountain Landis

He is one of the rare members of the Baseball Hall of Fame who has never played professionally in the sport.

Kenesaw Mountain Landis's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

Abraham Hoch Landis and Mary Kumler Landis were his parents.

Kenesaw Mountain Landis Collabed with

When World War II broke out, he wrote to President US President Franklin D. Roosevelt, requesting that baseball be banned. Mountain was told to keep going, and he did.

Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882 - 1945) (US President)
Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882 - 1945)

US President

Kenesaw Mountain Landis Income & Net worth

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