Biography

01/31/1853 - 02/03/1923

John Herr Landis (R13) Lancaster (Part) County 1893-1896

John Herr Landis, born, January 31, 1853, Manor Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; Millersville State Normal School (now Millersville University of Pennsylvania); farmer; miller; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, Republican, 1879-1884; elected, delegate, Republican National Conventions, 1880-1920; appointed, supervisor, Second Census District of Pennsylvania, 1890; secretary, Farmers’ Protective Tariff League of Pennsylvania; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1893-1896; chief coiner, United States Mint, Department of Treasury, Philadelphia, 1898-1902; appointed, superintendent, United States Mint, Department of Treasury, Philadelphia, 1902-1914; trustee, Thaddeus Stevens Industrial School, Lancaster; trustee, Millersville State Normal School; president, Old Girard Fire and Storm Company; married, Elizabeth Thomas Landis, daughter, Anna Mary Landis Atlee; died, February 3, 1923, city of Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; interment, Zion Church of Millersville Cemetery, Millersville, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

Professional titles; business ownership; board memberships; local government; club memberships:

President, Lancaster County Lyceum Association, 1876; president, Agricultural and Horticultural Society of Lancaster County, 1885-1896; director, Central National Bank of Columbia, Pennsylvania; director, Northern National Bank of Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania Politics:

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, Republican, 1879-1884; not a candidate for reelection, 1884. 

Elected, delegate, Republican National Conventions, 1880-1920. 

Appointed, President Benjamin Harrison, supervisor, Second Census District of Pennsylvania, 1890. 

Secretary, Farmers’ Protective Tariff League of Pennsylvania. 

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 13th district, Lancaster (Part) County, 1893-1896; committee assignments, Canals and Inland Navigation, Compare Bills, Education. 

Chief coiner, United States Mint, Department of Treasury, Philadelphia, 1898-1902.

Appointed, superintendent, United States Mint, Department of Treasury, Philadelphia, 1902-1914.

Pennsylvania House of Representatives Biography:

Official Website - PA House Archives Official Website (state.pa.us)

Legacy:

Tombstone Inscription

Supt. U.S. Mint, Philadelphia

1902 - 1914

He Lived Justly, Loved Mercy And Walked Humbly With His God.

Cited:

Cox, Harold. "Senate Members "L"". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

Smull’s Legislative Handbook, (1896). Cochran, T.B., (Editor) Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, pages 1053, 1061-1064, Biographical Sketches of Senators, page 1017.

John Herr Landis (1853-1923) - Find a Grave Memorial