- Appointed first Commissioner of Baseball following the 1919 World Series "Black Sox" scandal. Term of office: 12 January 1921 through 25 November 1944 (died in office).
- He was a member of the Republican party.
- Named after the Battle of Kenesaw Mountain in the US Civil War.
- Elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Committee on Baseball Veterans in 1944.
- In 1907 he imposed a $29,240,000 fine on the Standard Oil Company of Indiana in a rebate case (which was later reversed).
- Landis sentenced Victor Berger and six other Socialists for sedition (impeding the war effort). This was also later reversed.
- Served as U.S. district court judge for Northern Illinois (1905-1922). He was selected by Theodore Roosevelt.
- The official title for the Most Valuable Player Award is the Kenesaw Mountain Landis Award (renamed after his death).
- Two of his brothers, Charles and Frederick Landis, became Indiana congressmen.
- Subject of the Jonathan Coulton song "Kenesaw Mountain Landis", a mostly-fictionalized biography of his life.
- Restored Baseball's integrity by banning the Black Sox.
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