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.Cynthia Miller Leonard, The Virginia General Assembly 1619-1978 (Richmond: Virginia State Library 1978) pp. 544, 548Lyon Gardiner Tyler, Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography (New York: 1915) p. 797 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)1860 U.S. Federal Census for southern district, Louisa County, Virginia, family 312, p. 44 of 92 and nephew of James Lindsay Gordon who served in the Virginia House of Delegates.
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