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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—TennesseeGeorge Washington GORDON
(1836-1911)
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.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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