Franklin Landers
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Franklin Landers (March 22, 1825 - September 10, 1901) was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.
Born near the village of Landersdale, Indiana, Landers attended local schools. At the age of twenty-one engaged in teaching school. He was associated with his brother in mercantile pursuits at Waverly, Indiana. Laid out the town of Brooklyn, Indiana, where he engaged in mercantile pursuits and stock raising. He served as member of the State senate 1860-1864. He moved to Indianapolis in 1865 and engaged in the dry-goods business. In 1873 became the head of a pork-packing house.
Landers was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1875-March 3, 1877). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1876 and for election as Governor of Indiana in 1880. He engaged in the management of his farming lands. He died in Indianapolis, Indiana, September 10, 1901. He was interred in Crown Hill Cemetery.
