Thomas C. Gordon
American politician
Intro | American politician | |
Places | United States of America | |
was | Lawyer Politician Judge | |
Work field | Law Politics | |
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Birth | 14 July 1915 | |
Death | 17 May 2003 (aged 87 years) | |
Star sign | Cancer |
Thomas Christian Gordon Jr. (July 14, 1915 – May 17, 2003) was born in Richmond, Virginia. He attended the University of Virginia where he received his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1936 and his LL. B. in 1938.
For a number of years he was associated with the law firm of McGuire, Woods, King, Gordon and Davis. For 1963–64, he was President of the Virginia Bar Association. On February 17, 1965, he was sworn in as a justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia, having been elected by the General Assembly. Justice Gordon resigned from the Court on May 31, 1972, and returned to private practice at McGuire, Woods and Battle.