Alf Landon, Kansas Governor

Popular Kansas governor Alf Landon (1887-1987) was the underdog who lost to FDR in a landslide in the presidential race of 1936.

Over the next five decades, his moderate political views won him wide respect and the role of Kansas's senior statesman. Landon speaks from 1952 on the issues then facing the nation, including the Eisenhower presidential campaign.

Loren E. Pennington
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Loren Pennington is emeritus professor of American history at Emporia State University. A veteran of the Kansas Chautauqua which toured the state from 1985 to 1990, Pennington has also portrayed Dwight D. Eisenhower. He joined History Alive in 1999.