James Lindsay Gordon (attorney)

James L. Gordon
Member of the Virginia Senate for Albemarle and Greene Counties
In office
1886 – December 3, 1889
Preceded byJ. Richard Wingfield
Succeeded byThomas M. Dunn
Personal details
Born1858 (1858)
Albemarle County, Virginia
DiedNovember 30, 1904(1904-11-30) (aged 45–46)
New York City
SpouseMartha Hastings Winston
Parent(s)George Loyall Gordon, Mary Long Daniel
RelativesJames Lindsay Gordon (uncle)
William F. Gordon (grandfather)
Occupationlawyer and politician

James Lindsay Gordon (1858-November 30, 1904) was an American lawyer who briefly served in the Virginia Senate and practiced in Virginia and New York City, where he died.[1][2] He was the grandson of U.S. Congressman William F. Gordon, son of attorney and newspaper editor George Loyall Gordon (who died fighting for the Confederacy at the Battle of Malvern Hill)[3] and nephew of James Lindsay Gordon who served in the Virginia House of Delegates.

References

  1. ^ Cynthia Miller Leonard, The Virginia General Assembly 1619-1978 (Richmond: Virginia State Library 1978) pp. 544, 548
  2. ^ Lyon Gardiner Tyler, Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography (New York: 1915) p. 797
  3. ^ 1860 U.S. Federal Census for southern district, Louisa County, Virginia, family 312, p. 44 of 92
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