Kenesaw Mountain Landis

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baseball commissioner human judge

Kenesaw Mountain Landis was a U.S. federal judge who became Major League Baseball’s first commissioner, known for restoring public confidence in the sport after the 1919 Black Sox scandal through his strict, authoritarian leadership.

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Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf baseball commissioner ⓘ
human ⓘ
judge ⓘ
appointedBy Theodore Roosevelt ⓘ
awardReceived National Baseball Hall of Fame induction ⓘ
burialPlace Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago ⓘ
causeOfDeath coronary thrombosis ⓘ
child Reed Landis ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfAward 1944 ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1866-11-20 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1944-11-25 ⓘ
educatedAt University of Cincinnati ⓘ
surface form: Cincinnati Law School

St. Paul College of Law ⓘ
surface form: Union College of Law
employer Major League Baseball ⓘ
United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois ⓘ
endTime 1944-11-25 ⓘ
era early 20th-century United States ⓘ
ethnicGroup White American ⓘ
familyName Landis ⓘ
givenName Kenesaw ⓘ
heritage American of German descent ⓘ
honorificTitle Judge ⓘ
influenced structure of the office of the Commissioner of Baseball ⓘ
jurisdiction United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois ⓘ
surface form: Northern District of Illinois
knownFor strict and authoritarian leadership style ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
legalPhilosophy judicial activism in antitrust cases ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty Republican Party ⓘ
militaryConflictNamesake Battle of Kennesaw Mountain ⓘ
notableFor being the first Commissioner of Major League Baseball ⓘ
restoring public confidence in baseball after the 1919 Black Sox scandal ⓘ
notableWork handling of the Standard Oil antitrust case ⓘ
occupation baseball executive ⓘ
judge ⓘ
placeOfBirth Millville, Ohio, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
positionHeld Commissioner of Major League Baseball ⓘ
Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois ⓘ
religion Presbyterianism ⓘ
residence Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
significantEvent 1919 Black Sox Scandal ⓘ
surface form: 1919 Black Sox scandal
sportsDiscipline baseball administration ⓘ
sportsHallOfFame National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum ⓘ
surface form: National Baseball Hall of Fame
spouse Winifred Reed Landis ⓘ
startTime 1920-11-12 ⓘ
workLocation Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ

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Buck Weaver → bannedBy → Kenesaw Mountain Landis ⓘ
Shoeless Joe Jackson → bannedBy → Kenesaw Mountain Landis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis
Swede Risberg → bannedBy → Kenesaw Mountain Landis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis
1919 Black Sox Scandal → commissioner → Kenesaw Mountain Landis ⓘ
Eddie Cicotte → disciplinedBy → Kenesaw Mountain Landis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis
Commissioner of Baseball → firstHolder → Kenesaw Mountain Landis ⓘ
Commissioner of Baseball → notableHolder → Kenesaw Mountain Landis ⓘ
Fred McMullin → sanctionedBy → Kenesaw Mountain Landis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis