Phillip M. Landrum
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Phillip Mitchell Landrum (September 10, 1907 - November 19, 1990) was a U.S. Representative from Georgia.
Born in Martin, Georgia, Landrum attended the public schools and Mercer University, Macon, Georgia. He graduated from Piedmont College, Demorest, Georgia, A.B., 1939 and from the Atlanta Law School, LL.B., 1941. Superintendent of Nelson (Georgia) High School 1937-1941. He was admitted to the bar in 1941 and commenced the practice of law in Canton, Georgia. He was an unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the Seventy-eighth Congress in 1942. During the Second World War enlisted as a private in the United States Army Air Corps on October 2, 1942. He served in Europe and was discharged on June 1, 1945, as a first lieutenant. He was employed by Veterans' Administration after discharge. He served as assistant attorney general of State of Georgia in 1946 and 1947. Executive secretary to the Governor of Georgia in 1947 and 1948. Practiced law in Jasper, Georgia, until election to Congress.
Landrum was elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-third and to the eleven succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1953-January 3, 1977). He was not a candidate for reelection in 1976 to the Ninety-fifth Congress. He was a resident of Jasper, Georgia, until his death on November 19, 1990.
