Landrith was educated at Trinity University and
Cumberland University. From 1893 to 1894 he served as the general secretary of the
Religious Education Association and as general secretary of the Presbyterian Brotherhood of America from 1907 to 1909. He served as president of
Belmont College (now University) from 1904 to 1912, of
Ward Seminary from 1912 to 1913, and of
Ward-Belmont College from 1913 to 1915. From 1920 to 1927 he served as president of the
Intercollegiate Prohibition Association of Washington, D.C., and later as president of the
National Temperance Council from 1928 to 1931. On October 11, 1941, he died in Altadena, California. ==References==