James L. Gordon (October 13, 1813 – December 7, 1877) was a Virginia lawyer and politician in Louisa County who served two terms in the

Virginia House of Delegates The Virginia House of Delegates is one of the two parts of the Virginia General Assembly, the other being the Senate of Virginia. It has 100 members elected for terms of two years; unlike most states, these elections take place during odd-numbe ...

.Malcolm H. Harris, History of Louisa County, Virginia (Richmond: The Dietz Press, 1936) pp. 140, 443 He was the son of U.S. Congressman

William F. Gordon William Fitzhugh Gordon (January 13, 1787 – July 21, 1858) was a nineteenth-century, lawyer, military officer, politician and planter from the piedmont region of Virginia. Early life and education William Fitzhugh Gordon was born at "Ger ...

, who served in both houses of the Virginia General Assembly and operated plantations using enslaved labor.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gordon, James Lindsay 1813 births 1877 deaths Virginia lawyers Members of the Virginia House of Delegates People from Louisa County, Virginia