Francis Griswold Landon (August 29, 1859 – December 1, 1947) was an American soldier and politician from New York.
One of his ancestors was Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony John Leverett.
[3] In 1899, he and an associate officer went to England to represent the Regiment and the New York National Guard.
In 1900, he was elected to the New York State Assembly as a Republican, representing the Dutchess County 2nd District.
[6] In 1902, he introduced an anti-flirting bill that would criminalize people who drank too much and tried too hard to get women to look their way, which came with a fine of $500.
In January 1905, President Theodore Roosevelt appointed him Third Secretary of the American Embassy at Berlin.
In 1907, he was elected chairman of the Dutchess County Republican Committee and was appointed by Governor Charles Evans Hughes to a commission that inquired into the conditions of the National Guard and Naval Militia.
In 1909, Governor Hughes appointed him a member of the Militia Counsel of the State of New York.