Franklin Landers (March 22, 1825 – September 10, 1901) was a U.S. Representative from Indiana. Born near the village of Landersdale in Morgan County, Indiana, Landers attended local schools.At the age of twenty-one he engaged in teaching school.He was associated with his brother in mercantile pursuits at Waverly, Indiana.Landers laid out the town of Brooklyn, Indiana, where he engaged in mercantile pursuits and stock raising.He served as a member of the State Senate from 1860-1864.He moved to Indianapolis in 1865 and engaged in the dry-goods business.In 1873, he became the head of a pork-packing house.