Kenesaw Mountain Landis

Kenesaw Mountain Landis
Landis, c. 1922
1st Commissioner of Baseball
In office November 12, 1920 – November 25, 1944
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Happy Chandler
Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
In office March 18, 1905 – February 28, 1922
Appointed by	Theodore Roosevelt
Preceded by	Seat established
Succeeded by	James Herbert Wilkerson
Personal details
Born	Kenesaw Mountain Landis (1866-11-20)November 20, 1866 Millville, Ohio, U.S.
Died	November 25, 1944(1944-11-25) (aged 78) Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Spouse(s)	Winifred Reed ​ (m. 1895)​
Children	3, including Reed
Relatives	Charles Beary Landis (brother) Frederick Landis (brother)
Alma mater	Union College of Law
Signature
Nickname(s)	"The Judge" "The Squire"
Baseball career
Member of the National
Baseball Hall of Fame
Induction	1944
Election Method	Old-Timers Committee

Kenesaw Mountain Landis (/ˈkɛnɪsɔː ˈmaʊntɪn ˈlændɪs/; November 20, 1866 – November 25, 1944) was an American lawyer and politician. He was a United States federal judge from 1905 to 1922. He was also the first commissioner of baseball from 1920 until his death. He is best known for his resolution of the Black Sox Scandal, in which he banned eight members of the Chicago White Sox from organized baseball for losing the 1919 World Series on purpose.

Landis died on November 25, 1944 from problems caused by a heart attack at a hospital in Chicago, Illinois, five days after his 78th birthday. Two weeks after his death, Landis was voted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

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• Kenesaw Mountain Landis at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
• Kenesaw Mountain Landis at the Baseball Hall of Fame
• A Brief Biography
• Works by or about Kenesaw Mountain Landis at Internet Archive