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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IndianaFranklin LANDERS
(1825-1901)
LANDERS, Franklin, a
Representative from Indiana; born near the village of Landersdale,
Morgan County, Ind., March 22, 1825; attended local schools; at the
age of twenty-one engaged in teaching school; was associated with
his brother in mercantile pursuits at Waverly, Ind.; laid out the
town of Brooklyn, Ind., where he engaged in mercantile pursuits and
stock raising; member of the State senate 1860-1864; moved to
Indianapolis in 1865 and engaged in the dry-goods business; in 1873
became the head of a pork-packing house; elected as a Democrat to
the Forty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1875-March 3, 1877);
unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1876 and for election as
Governor of Indiana in 1880; engaged in the management of his
farming lands; died in Indianapolis, Ind., September 10, 1901;
interment in Crown Hill Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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