Phillip Mitchell Landrum was a Democratic United States. Representative from Georgia.
Education
Born in Martin, Georgia, Landrum attended the public schools and Mercer University, in Macon, Georgia. He graduated from Piedmont College, in Demorest, Georgia (Bachelor of Arts, 1939) and from the Atlanta Law School (Bachelor of Laws, 1941).
Career
While in college and law school, Landrum worked as 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 Congress in 1942.
During the Second World War, Landrum 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. After his discharge from the military, Landrum was briefly employed by the Veterans" Administration.
He then served as assistant attorney general of the State of Georgia in 1946-1947, and as Executive secretary to Governor Melvin East. Thompson in 1947-1948. He returned to the practice of law in Jasper, Georgia until he was elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-third and to the eleven succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1953-January 3, 1977).
Landrum was one of the primary sponsors of the Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Acting, also known as the Landrum-Griffin Acting.
He was also the author of the Economic Opportunity Acting of 1964, one of the key pieces of legislation of President Lyndon Johnson"s War on Poverty. A staunch segregationist, in 1956, Landrum signed "The Southern Manifesto."
He was not a candidate for re-election in 1976. He was a resident of Jasper until his death on November 19, 1990.
Interstate 575 is named in his honor.