William H. Landes | |
State Senate: | Virginia |
District: | 9th |
Term Start: | January 20, 1915 |
Term End: | January 12, 1916 |
Preceded: | Edward Echols |
Succeeded: | Cornelius T. Jordan |
Office2: | 32nd Mayor of Staunton, Virginia |
Term Start2: | 1898 |
Term End2: | 1908 |
Preceded2: | Alexander H. Fultz |
Succeeded2: | Hampton H. Wayt |
Birth Name: | William Henry Landes |
Birth Date: | 13 December 1858 |
Birth Place: | Warm Springs, Virginia, U.S. |
Death Place: | Staunton, Virginia, U.S. |
Party: | Democratic |
Spouse: | Hester Virginia Link |
Education: | University of Virginia |
William Henry Landes (December 13, 1858 – December 30, 1931) was an American lawyer and politician who served ten years as mayor of Staunton, Virginia and briefly as a member of the Virginia Senate.[1] A Democrat, he won a January 1915 special election to succeed Edward Echols in the Senate but lost reelection later that year to Independent Cornelius T. Jordan.