Gordon, John Brown, 1832-1904

LC control no.	n 81107959
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Gordon, John Brown, 1832-1904 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Gordon, J. B. (John Brown), 1832-1904 Gordon, John B. (John Brown), 1832-1904
Birth date	1832-02-06
Death date	1904-01-09
Affiliation	United States. Congress. Senate Georgia. Governor United States. Congress. Senate Democratic Party (U.S.)
Profession or occupation	Legislators Governors
Found in	His The old South ... 1887. His Reminiscences of the Civil War, 1981: t.p. (General John B. Gordon of the Confederate Army) Biog. dir. of the U.S. Congress, 1989 (Gordon, John Brown; lawyer; lieutenant general of the Confederate Army; senator from Ga.; gov. of Ga. 1886-90; lecturer, author; b. 2/6/1832; d. 1/9/1904) MWA/NAIP files (hdg.: Gordon, John Brown, 1832-1904; usage: John B. Gordon; John Brown Gordon; J.B. Gordon) Biographical directory of the United States Congress website, viewed July 27, 2020 (Gordon, John Brown, a Senator from Georgia; born in Upson County, Ga., February 6, 1832; attended private schools and the University of Georgia at Athens; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1853 and commenced practice in Atlanta, Ga.; engaged in coal mining; upon the outbreak of the Civil War entered the Confederate Army as captain of Infantry and rose to lieutenant general; resumed the practice of law in Atlanta, Ga.; unsuccessful Democratic candidate for Governor in 1868; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1873; reelected in 1879 and served from March 4, 1873, until May 26, 1880, when he resigned to promote the building of the Georgia Pacific Railroad; chairman, Committee on Commerce (Forty-sixth Congress); Governor of Georgia 1886-1890; again elected to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1891, to March 3, 1897; declined to be a candidate for reelection; chairman, Committee on Coastal Defenses (Fifty-third Congress); engaged in lecturing and literary work; died in Miami, Fla., January 9, 1904; interment in Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Ga.)
Associated language	eng