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  2. Though critics called him ruthless, there is no question that Landis' post-Black Sox scandal work restored dignity and respect to baseball. He was elected to the Hall of Fame in a special vote soon after his death on Nov. 25, 1944.

  3. Landis was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame by a special vote shortly after he died in 1944. Early life and pre-judicial career (1866–1905) Boyhood and early career (1866–1893) The five Landis boys in November 1882; Kenesaw (second from left) was almost sixteen years old.

  4. Apr 16, 2020 · While he was hospitalized, baseball owners, in a symbolic gesture, recommended that he be re-elected commissioner for a seven-year term when his term expired on January 12, 1946. 85. Two weeks after his death, Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.

  5. May 29, 2018 · Landis had always been a fervent supporter of the National Baseball Hall of Fame, and in 1944 he was voted in by the Hall's veterans committee. For many years Judge Landis and Twenty-Five Years of Baseball (1947), by Sporting News reporter J. G. Taylor Spink was the best account of Landis's life, although it had errors and obscured some of the ...

  6. Kenesaw Mountain Landis. Although disliked and even feared for his autocratic methods and patriarchal sternness, the commissioner held office until his death, and none of his decisions ever was reversed. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1944.

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  7. As an acting Federal Judge from 1905-1922, Landis was selected in 1920 to become the first Commissioner of Major League Baseball, serving until his death in 1944. Born in Millville, Ohio, he was named after Kennesaw Mountain in Georgia, which was the site of a battle during the American Civil War.

  8. Died: November 25, 1944 in Chicago, IL. School: Hall of Fame: Inducted as Pioneer/Executive in 1944. (Voted by Old Timers Committee) Induction ceremony in Cooperstown held in 1946. View Kenesaw Mountain Landis's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos). Full Name: Kenesaw Mountain Landis.