Phillip M. Landrum

Phillip M. Landrum (1971)

Phillip Mitchell Landrum (born September 10, 1907 in Martin , Stephens County , Georgia , † November 19, 1990 in Jasper , Georgia) was an American politician . He represented the state of Georgia as a member of the US House of Representatives .

Career

Phillip Landrum attended public school and Mercer University in Macon , Georgia. He then graduated in 1939 from Piedmont College in Demorest , Georgia with a Bachelor of Arts and in 1941 from the Atlanta Law School with a Bachelor of Laws . In the meantime he was also the director of Nelson High School from 1937 to 1941. He was admitted to the bar in 1941 and then opened a practice in Canton , Georgia.

He ran for the 78th Congress in 1942 , but failed. During the Second World War he enlisted on October 2, 1942 as a simple soldier in the United States Army Air Corps . He served in Europe and was discharged from the army on June 1, 1945 with the rank of lieutenant ( First Lieutenant ).

After his discharge from the Army, he served in the Veterans' Administration. He was then Deputy Attorney General of Georgia between 1946 and 1947. He was then in 1947 and 1948 chief secretary to Georgia's governor.

Landrum then practiced as a lawyer in Jasper until his election as Democrat in the 83rd and 11 subsequent conventions. His term of office ran from January 3, 1953 to January 3, 1977. After that, he decided in 1976 not to run again for the 91st Congress. During his tenure in Congress, he was involved in the constitution of the Southern Manifesto , which spoke out against racial integration in public institutions.

Phillip Landrum died on November 19, 1990 at his home in Jasper, Georgia.

Web links

• Phillip M. Landrum in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)