Samuel Y. Gordon (September 14, 1861 – December 10, 1940) was a Minnesota legislator and the 19th Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota.

Life and career

Gordon was born in

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in 1861. His family relocated to Minnesota shortly after he was born, living in

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and Traverse County before settling in

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. Gordon worked with his father's farm equipment business and in 1885 founded a newspaper, The Inter-Lake Tribune. In 1889 or 1890 he married Jennie May Plotner with whom he had four children. Gordon was involved in local

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politics in Browns Valley, serving two terms as

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in addition to positions with the village council, school board and local Republican party committee. In 1911, Gordon was elected as lieutenant governor under

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. He served from 1911 to 1913. He also served in the

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from 1914 to 1916 and was associated with the

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. Gordon died in

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in 1940. He is buried at Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery in

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gordon, Samuel Y. 1861 births 1940 deaths Editors of Minnesota newspapers Lieutenant Governors of Minnesota Republican Party members of the Minnesota House of Representatives Minnesota city council members School board members in Minnesota Minnesota postmasters People from Scott County, Indiana People from Browns Valley, Minnesota