Background
Landis, Cary D. was born on May 10, 1873 in Claypool, Indiana, United States. Son of David and Elizabeth Landis.
Landis, Cary D. was born on May 10, 1873 in Claypool, Indiana, United States. Son of David and Elizabeth Landis.
Educated North Manchester (Indiana) College, 1889-1891, Indiana State Normal School, 1891-1892. Bachelor of Laws, University of Michigan, 1899.
Principal high school, Silver Lake, Indiana, 1891-1892, Flora, Indiana, 1892-1893, superintendent schools, Burlington, Indiana, 1894-1896. Admitted to Indiana bar, 1899, and began practice at Huntington. Professor of law, John B. Stetson U., DeLand, Florida, 1901-1905.
Practiced at DeLand, 1905-1927. Attorney 7th Judicial District of Florida, 1911-1913. Traveled in America and abroad, 1927-1930.
Member Landis, Fish, Hull & Whitchair, DeLand. Appointed attorney general of Florida, March 9, 1931, and elected without opposition in 1932 for full four-year term.
Member Landis, Fish, Hull & Whitchair, DeLand. Mason, Elk.
Married Margaret Weaver, September 4, 1895. Children: Erskine, William, Guenevere (deceased).