| 词条 | Powhatan Gordon |
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| name = Powhatan Gordon | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = November 15, 1802 | birth_place = Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. | death_date = {{dda|1879|1|29|1802|11|15}} | death_place = Bryan, Texas, U.S. | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | residence = John Gordon House | nationality = | other_names = | known_for = | education = | alma mater = | employer = | occupation = Politician | title = | salary = | networth = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | party = Democratic Party Know Nothing | boards = | religion = | spouse = Caroline Mary Coleman | children = 11 | parents = John Gordon Dorothea Cross | relatives = | box_width = }} Major Powhatan Gordon (1802-1879) was an American farmer and politician. He served in the Tennessee Senate in 1842 and 1845. During his tenure, he proposed a bill for the creation of Lewis County, Tennessee. By 1854, his bid for Congress as a member of the Know Nothing party was unsuccessful. Early lifePowhatan Gordon was born on November 15, 1802 in Nashville, Tennessee.[1][2] His father, John Gordon, built John Gordon House in Williamsport, Tennessee.[2] CareerGordon was a corn farmer in Williamsport, Tennessee.[1] He sold his corn in Louisiana.[2] During the Second Seminole War of 1835-1842, he served as a Major in the First Tennessee Mounted Militia.[1] He subsequently served in the Mexican–American War of 1846-1848.[1] When Veracruz was occupied by the United States, he sold goods in the city.[2] Gordon joined the Democratic Party.[2] He served in the Tennessee Senate in 1842 and 1845.[1] It was Gordon who proposed a bill for the creation of Lewis County, Tennessee out of parts of Hickman County, Lawrence County, Wayne County, and Maury County, naming it after explorer Meriwether Lewis.[3] Gordon joined the Know Nothing party and ran for the United States House of Representatives in 1854, but he lost the race.[1] Personal life and deathGordon married Caroline Mary Coleman on June 26, 1828.[1] They had eleven children, including Judge William Osceola Gordon and state representative R. H. Gordon.[1][2] He died on January 29, 1879 in Bryan, Texas.[1] References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 {{cite web|title=Fifth Generation|url=http://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc3500/sc3520/002100/002185/notes/steele.dir/parsonstech/genealogy/trees/jgordon/d1328.htm|website=Maryland State Archives|accessdate=September 28, 2016}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Gordon, Powhatan}}{{Tennessee-politician-stub}}2. ^1 2 3 4 5 {{cite book|last1=Allison|first1=John|title=Notable Men of Tennessee: Personal and Genealogical, with portraits|date=1905|publisher=Southern historical Association|location=Atlanta, Georgia|pages=153–155|oclc=2561350|url=https://archive.org/stream/bub_gb_Fag-AAAAYAAJ#page/n149/mode/2up|via=Internet Archive}} 3. ^{{cite news|last1=White|first1=John A.|title=Lewis. Awful Tragedy Connected With Name of the County|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/119324332/?terms=%22Powhatan%2BGordon%22|accessdate=September 28, 2016|work=The Tennessean|date=June 26, 1910|page=30|via=Newspapers.com|registration=yes|quote=The bill creating the County of Lewis was introduced by the Hon. Powhatan Gordon, of Maury County, the main purpose of the bill being to perpetuate the name of Lewis.}} 10 : 1802 births|1879 deaths|American people of Scottish descent|Politicians from Nashville, Tennessee|Farmers from Tennessee|American people of the Seminole Wars|American military personnel of the Mexican–American War|Tennessee state senators|Tennessee Democrats|Tennessee Know Nothings |
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