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
Albemarle County, Virginia
DiedNovember 30, 1904
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