Kenesaw Mountain Landis (/ˈkɛnɪsɔː ˈmaʊntɪn ˈlændɪs/; November 20, 1866 – November 25, 1944) was an American jurist who served as a United States federal...

response, the National Baseball Commission was dissolved and Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis was appointed to be the first Commissioner of Baseball, given absolute...

owners tapped federal judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis, an ardent baseball fan, to serve as the reformed commission's chairman. Landis responded by declaring...

conspiracy to fix the World Series. As a result, Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis banned Jackson from baseball after the 1920 season. During the...

which was commanded by General Joseph E. Johnston. Federal judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis, the first commissioner of Major League Baseball, was named after...

the Kennesaw Mountain Battlefield Kenesaw Mountain Landis (1866–1944), American federal judge and Commissioner of Baseball Kennesaw Mountain High School...

In 1945, Chandler resigned his Senate seat to succeed the late Kenesaw Mountain Landis as commissioner of baseball. His most significant action as commissioner...

Cincinnati Reds. In response, the new Commissioner of Baseball, Kenesaw Mountain Landis, banned the players from the league for life. The White Sox have...

via newspapers.com. Busby, Dan. "Kenesaw Mountain Landis". sabr.org. SABR. Retrieved 4 August 2024. "Plaque to Landis In Hall of Fame". Harrisburg Telegraph...

Baseball in place. In 1920, the various franchise owners installed Kenesaw Mountain Landis as the first "Commissioner of Baseball". In August 1921, despite...

maintained an official list of "permanently ineligible" people since Kenesaw Mountain Landis was installed as the first Commissioner of Baseball in 1920. Although...

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acquitted of any wrongdoing. However, newly appointed commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis bans all eight men for life because they either intentionally lost...

1864 – Percy Cox, British Indian Army officer (d. 1937) 1866 – Kenesaw Mountain Landis, American lawyer and judge (d. 1944) 1866 – Maria Letizia Bonaparte...

replicating the Series and undermining its value. Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis suspended the trio until May 20, 1922, and fined them their 1921...

He was a brother of both Charles Beary Landis and Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis. Born at Seven Mile, Ohio, Landis moved with his parents to Logansport,...

Landis was born on July 17, 1896, in Ottawa, Illinois, United States. He was the only son of Winifred Reed Landis and federal judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis...

metaphorical usages of the term in the U.S. was in reference to Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis, who was named commissioner of baseball, with broad powers to clean...

the mid-1920s, when a public dispute with baseball commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis culminated in his forced resignation as league president. Born...

Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court Kenesaw Mountain Landis, brother of Charles B. Landis and Frederick Landis, a federal judge and first Commissioner...

overruling a trial court decision by U.S. District Court Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis against Rep. Victor L. Berger, a Congressman for Wisconsin's 5th...

pending before U. S. District Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis of Chicago, but Ford's legal counsel withdrew it from Landis' jurisdiction and filed a new libel...

second baseball commissioner to die in office, the first being Kenesaw Mountain Landis in 1944. Fay Vincent, Giamatti's close friend and baseball's first...

District Court for the Northern District of Illinois vacated by Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis. Wilkerson was confirmed by the United States Senate on July 18...

(St. Henry) Jack Lambert (Hall of Fame football player) (Mantua) Kenesaw Mountain Landis (first baseball commissioner) (Milleville) Barry Larkin (baseball...

Major League Baseball (MLB) by the newly named first Commissioner, Kenesaw Mountain Landis. Despite all the denials, Katcher noted that "while Rothstein won...

was assigned to Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Landis opted not to rule on the...

were opposed by Kenesaw Mountain Landis, baseball's powerful commissioner and a staunch segregationist. Bill Veeck claimed that Landis blocked his purchase...

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