James L. Gordon | |
Office: | Member of the Virginia Senate for Albemarle and Greene Counties |
Term Start: | 1886 |
Term End: | December 3, 1889 |
Preceded: | J. Richard Wingfield |
Succeeded: | Thomas M. Dunn |
Birth Date: | 1858 |
Birth Place: | Albemarle County, Virginia |
Death Date: | November 30, 1904 |
Death Place: | New York City |
Occupation: | lawyer and politician |
Spouse: | Martha Hastings Winston |
Parents: | George Loyall Gordon, Mary Long Daniel |
Relatives: | James Lindsay Gordon (uncle) William F. Gordon (grandfather) |
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.