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Gordon, James

state senator, congressman. He was for seven years a member of the state senate of New York; and twelve years in the state assembly.

He was a representative in congress from New York from 1791 to 1795.

Gordon, John Brown

soldier, congressman, governor, United States senator, was born Feb. 6, 1832, in Upson county, Ga. He entered the army as captain of infantry in the confederate army. He was elected to the United States senate for the term commencing in 1873 and ending in 1879, and was re-elected for the term ending in 1885. He was elected governor in 1886, and re-elected in 1888. He was elected United States senator for the term 1891-97.

Gordon, Laura De F

journalist, lawyer, orator, was born Aug. 17, 1843, in Erie county, Pa. In 1873 she founded the Daily Leader at Oakland, Cal. In 1879 she was admitted to the bar of the supreme court of California. a

Gordon, M. Lafayette

clergyman, author, was born in 1843 in Pennsylvania.

He is a congregational clergyman and physician, formerly a missionary to Japan, and subsequently a professor in Doshisha university, Kyoto. He is the author of An American Missionary in Japan.

Gordon, Merritt J

lawyer, jurist, state legislator, was born in March, 1857, in Canada. For ten years he resided in Dakota, where he served as district attorney and as a member of the legislature. Since 1889 he has resided in Olympia, Wash.; was elected in 1892 to the superior bench of Thurston county, and in 1884 was elected to the supreme bench.

Gordon, Patrick

soldier, governor, author, was born in 1644, in England. In 1726 he was elected governor of Pennsylvania, and in 1728 he published Two Indian Treaties at Conestogo. He died Aug. 5, 1736, in Philadelphia, Pa.

Gordon, Samuel

congressman, was born in New York. He served in the state assembly in 1834 and was a representative in congress from that state from 1841 to 1843, and again from 1845 to 1847. In 1863 he was appointed provost-marshal for the nineteenth district of New York.

Gordon, Thomas

statesman, was born in Scotland. He came to New Jersey in 1684, and settled in Scotch Plains. He was elected attorney-general of the eastern district in 1698, chief secretary and register in 1702; elected to the legislature, and became speaker of the assembly. In 1709 he became chief justice, and was afterward receiver-general and treasurer of the province. He died in 1722 in Amboy, N. J.

Gordon, Thomas F

lawyer, antiquarian, author, was born in 1787 in Pennsylvania. He was a Philadelphia lawyer and antiquarian, and the author of Digest of the Laws of the United States; History of Pennsylvania to 1776; History of New Jersey to 1789; History of America; Cabinet of American History; History of Ancient Mexico; and Gazetteers of New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. He died Jan. 17, 1860, in Beverly, N. J.

Gordon, Thomas W

lawyer, poet.

He served two terms as vice-president of the board of pension examiners of Georgetown, Ohio, where he practices his profession with success. He has written extensively for medical journals, and his poems have been given a place in several standard works.

Gordon, Walter Scott

inventor, was born Aug. 21, 1742, in Greenwich, R.

I. In 1883 he founded the vigorous city of Sheffield, Ala. He invented a coal mining machine and a cotton screw. died Oct. 16, 1886, in New York city.

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Gordon, William

lawyer, congressman. He was attorney-general for the state of New Hampshire, and a representative in congress from New Hampshire from 1797 to 1800, when he resigned. He died in May, 1802, in Boston, Mass.