Gordon, John Brown

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    Full name
    John Brown Gordon
    Place of Birth
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    Gender
    Male
    Race
    White
    Sectional choice
    South
    Origins
    Slave State
    Occupation
    Politician
    Military
    Attorney or Judge
    Political Parties
    Democratic
    Government
    US Senate
    Military
    Confederate Army

    John Brown Gordon (Congressional Biographical Directory)

    Reference
    GORDON, John Brown, a Senator from Georgia; born in Upson County, Ga., February 6, 1832; attended private schools and the University of Georgia at Athens; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1853 and commenced practice in Atlanta, Ga.; engaged in coal mining; upon the outbreak of the Civil War entered the Confederate Army as captain of Infantry and rose to lieutenant general; resumed the practice of law in Atlanta, Ga.; unsuccessful Democratic candidate for Governor in 1868; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1873; reelected in 1879 and served from March 4, 1873, until May 26, 1880, when he resigned to promote the building of the Georgia Pacific Railroad; chairman, Committee on Commerce (Forty-sixth Congress); Governor of Georgia 1886-1890; again elected to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1891, to March 3, 1897; declined to be a candidate for reelection; chairman, Committee on Coastal Defenses (Fifty-third Congress); engaged in lecturing and literary work; died in Miami, Fla., January 9, 1904; interment in Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Ga.
    "Gordon, John Brown," Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to Present, http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000313.
    Chicago Style Entry Link
    Anderson, William. “The Resignation of John B. Gordon from the United States Senate in 1880.” Georgia Historical Quarterly 52 (December 1968): 438-442. view record
    Eckert, Ralph L. John Brown Gordon: Soldier, Southerner, American. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1989. view record
    How to Cite This Page: "Gordon, John Brown," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/node/5754.