James L. Gordon | |
Office: | Member of the Virginia House of Delegates for Louisa County |
Term Start: | December 2, 1844 |
Term End: | December 6, 1846 |
Preceded: | William Jackson |
Succeeded: | John Poindexter Jr. |
Birth Date: | 13 October 1813 |
Birth Place: | Albemarle County, Virginia, U.S. |
Death Place: | Louisa County, Virginia, U.S. |
Occupation: | lawyer and politician |
Spouse: | Martha Hastings Winston |
Father: | William F. Gordon |
James L. Gordon (October 13, 1813 – December 7, 1877) was a Virginia lawyer and politician in Louisa County who served two terms in the Virginia House of Delegates.[1] [2] He was the son of Elizabeth Lindsay and U.S. Congressman William F. Gordon, who served in both houses of the Virginia General Assembly and operated plantations using enslaved labor.