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Kenesaw Mountain Landis
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois · 1905
Kenesaw Mountain Landis , Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Kenesaw Mountain Landis (; November 20, 1866 – November 25, 1944) was an American jurist who served as a United States federal judge from 1905 to 1922 and as the first commissioner of baseball from 1920 until his death in 1944.
Education
- Union College of Law (now Northwestern Pritzker School of Law)
- YMCA Law School (now Northern Kentucky University, Chase College of Law)
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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
Biography
Kenesaw Mountain Landis (; November 20, 1866 – November 25, 1944) was an American jurist who served as a United States federal judge from 1905 to 1922 and as the first commissioner of baseball from 1920 until his death in 1944.
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