Gordon, George Washington

Life Span
to
    Full name
    George Washington Gordon
    Place of Birth
    Birth Date Certainty
    Exact
    Death Date Certainty
    Exact
    Gender
    Male
    Race
    White
    Sectional choice
    South
    Origins
    Slave State
    No. of Siblings
    10
    No. of Spouses
    2
    Family
    Andrew Gordon (father), Eliza Gordon (mother), Ora Paine (first wife), Minnie Hannah (second wife)
    Education
    Other
    Other Education
    Western Military Institute, Nashville, TN
    Occupation
    Attorney or Judge
    Educator
    Other
    Other Occupation
    Civil Engineer, Indian Agent
    Political Parties
    Democratic
    Government
    US House of Representatives
    Local government
    Military
    Confederate Army

    George Washington Gordon (Congressional Biographical Directory)

    Reference
    GORDON, George Washington, a Representative from Tennessee; born in Pulaski, Giles County, Tenn., October 5, 1836; received a collegiate training and was graduated from the Western Military Institute, Nashville, Tenn., in 1859; practiced civil engineering until the beginning of the Civil War; enlisted in the military service of the Confederacy; was drillmaster of the Eleventh Regiment, Tennessee Infantry; was successively a captain, lieutenant colonel, colonel, and brigadier general, and served until the close of the war; studied law; was admitted to the bar and practiced in Memphis, Tenn., until 1883; appointed one of the railroad commissioners of Tennessee; received an appointment in the Department of the Interior, 1885, as special Indian agent in Arizona and Nevada and served until 1889; returned to Memphis, Tenn.; resumed the practice of law; superintendent of the Memphis city schools 1889-1907; elected as a Democrat to the Sixtieth, Sixty-first, and Sixty-second Congresses and served from March 4, 1907, until his death in Memphis, Tenn., on August 9, 1911; interment in Elmwood Cemetery.
    "Gordon, George Washington," Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to Present, http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000310.
    How to Cite This Page: "Gordon, George Washington," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/node/5752.