Elias Landrum
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March 6, 1866
Elias Landrum | |
|---|---|
.png) Landrum before 1912 | |
| Craig County Judge | |
| In office 1934–1936 | |
| Craig County Treasurer | |
| In office 1930–1934 | |
| Member of the Oklahoma Senate from the 30th district | |
| In office November 16, 1907 – 1913 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | George W. Fields Jr. |
| Tahlequah City Recorder | |
| In office 1903–1905 | |
| Tahlequah Alderman | |
| In office 1899–1903 | |
| Member of the Cherokee Nation Senate | |
| In office 1895–1899 | |
| Cherokee Nation district judge | |
| In office 1893–1895 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Elias McLeod Landrum March 6, 1866 Rhea's Mill, Texas, U.S. |
| Died | June 1958 Vinita, Oklahoma, U.S. |
| Party | Democratic Party |
| Spouse | Nana Woodall |
| Children | 4 |
| Education | Oxford College of Emory University |
Elias McLeod Landrum was an American and Cherokee politician who served in the Oklahoma Senate from 1907 to 1913. Prior to Oklahoma statehood, he was a politician in the Cherokee Nation serving as a district judge, in the national legislature, and on the city council for the capital city of Tahlequah.
After leaving the state senate, he worked as an auditor for the state and was later elected Craig County Treasurer in 1930. In 1935, after being elected county judge the year prior, he was indicted for a $37,000 embezzlement scheme. While his conviction was on appeal, Governor E. W. Marland granted him parole and he spent the rest of his career working for the Oklahoma Tax Commission. He died in 1958.
Elias McLeod Landrum was born on March 6, 1866, in Rhea's Mill, Texas. He attended the Cherokee Nation's primary schools and graduated from Worcester Academy in 1885. He graduated from Emory College in 1890 and started teaching in Hillsboro, Georgia. In December 1891, his father died and he returned home to manage the family farm he inherited near Vinita. He found a job as a teacher and was elected district judge in 1893 and to the Cherokee Senate representing the Delaware District in 1895. He married Nana Woodall on September 10, 1895, and moved to Tahlequah later that year. The couple had four children.[1]
Landrum was elected as an alderman in Tahlequah in 1899 and 1901. He built a home in town in 1900 and bought a jewelry store in March 1901. By November 1902 he lost the store to foreclosure, but was able to keep his home. In 1903, he was elected recorder for the city of Tahlequah.[1]