Kenesaw Mountain Landis
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Kenesaw Mountain Landis was an American jurist who served as a United States federal judge from 1905 to 1922 and as the first commissioner of baseball from 1920 until his death in 1944.
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The five Landis boys in November 1882; Kenesaw (second from left) was almost sixteen years old.
Kenesaw (second on left) in 1908 with his four brothers, two of whom served in Congress
Executive and State Department listings from 1894, showing Landis's salary of $2,000
Part of William B. Van Ingen's mural The Divine Law, which was on display in Landis's courtroom while he was a federal judge
Landis's summoning of John D. Rockefeller to his courtroom created a media frenzy. Here Rockefeller testifies before Landis, July 6, 1907.
Cartoon showing Landis delivering his sentence against Standard Oil, a fine of $29,240,000, to John D. Rockefeller, who was actually in Cleveland at the time
Judge Landis at a baseball game in Chicago in 1920Lawyers from United States 6
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Kenesaw Mountain Landis was an American jurist who served as a United States federal judge from 1905 to 1922 and as the first commissioner of baseball from 1920 until his death in 1944. He is remembered for his resolution of the Black Sox Scandal, in which he expelled eight members of the Chicago White Sox from organized baseball for conspiring to lose the 1919 World Series and repeatedly refused their reinstatement requests. His iron rule over baseball in the near quarter-century of his commissionership is generally credited with restoring public confidence in the game.
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