William Clarence Lansdon[1] (May 6, 1863 – August 28, 1940)[2][3] was a judge of the United States Board of Tax Appeals (later the United States Tax Court) from 1924 to 1934.He served as an executive officer of the Kansas State Farmers Union, of which he was the vice president from 1921 to 1925.[5] Lansdon fared no better running against Henry Justin Allen in the 1918 Kansas gubernatorial election.Republican Senator Charles Curtis championed Lansdon's appointment to the Board of Tax Appeals.[7] In retirement, Lansdon moved to a farm in Laytonville, Arkansas, where he died about five years later at the age of 77.
