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