William F. Gordon

For people with the same name, see William Gordon (disambiguation).

William Fitzhugh Gordon (January 13, 1787 – August 28, 1858) was a nineteenth-century politician and lawyer from Virginia.

Biography

Born at "Germanna", a plantation near Fredericksburg, Virginia, Gordon attended Spring Hill Academy, later studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1808, commencing practice at Orange Court House, Virginia. He moved to Charlottesville, Virginia in 1809 to continue his practice and eventually became the city's commonwealth attorney in 1812. He served in the War of 1812, attaining the rank of major general in the Virginia Militia. Gordon later became a member of the Virginia House of Delegates, serving from 1818 to 1829 and a member of the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1829 to 1830. He was elected a Jacksonian to the United States House of Representatives to fill a vacancy in 1830, serving until 1835. After being unsuccessful for reelection, Gordon engaged in agricultural pursuits. He was a delegate to the Southern Convention in Nashville, Tennessee in 1850. Gordon died at his plantation called "Edgeworth" in Albemarle County, Virginia on August 28, 1858. He was interred at the family cemetery in Springfield, Virginia.

External links

• William F. Gordon at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by William C. Rives	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 10th congressional district January 25, 1830 – March 4, 1833	Succeeded by Joseph Chinn
Preceded by John J. Roane	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 12th congressional district March 4, 1833 – March 4, 1835 (obsolete district)	Succeeded by James Garland