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Kenesaw Mountain Landis
Former judge · U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
Kenesaw Mountain Landis served on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Appointed by Theodore Roosevelt and confirmed Mar 18, 1905.
- Appointed by
- Theodore Roosevelt
- Confirmed
- Mar 18, 1905
- Born
- 1866
Appointments
- Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of IllinoisTheodore Roosevelt · Mar 18, 1905 – Feb 28, 1922
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
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