Alf Landon

Alfred "Alf" Mossman Landon (1887–1987) was an American Republican politician, who served as Governor of Kansas from 1933–1937. He was best known as the Republican Presidential Nominee defeated in a landslide by Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1936 presidential election.

Alf Landon in The War That Came Early
Alf Landon ran for President for a second time in 1940, when he was the choice of isolationist Republicans unwilling to support their party's official nominee, the interventionist Wendell Willkie. With a landslide electoral defeat to his name already, Landon was not seen as a serious contender, but only as a spoiler candidate who would divide the Republican base and steal votes from Willkie--to the benefit of Franklin D Roosevelt.

Alf Landon in "Joe Steele"
Alf Landon was an American Republican politician from Kansas. He was the Republican party presidential candidate in 1936, and was defeated in a landslide by incumbent Joe Steele.