| 词条 | William Gordon (New Hampshire politician) |
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| name = William Gordon | image = | state = New Hampshire | district = At-large | term_start = March 4, 1797 | term_end = June 12, 1800 | preceded = Nicholas Gilman | succeeded = Samuel Tenney | office2 = New Hampshire Attorney General | term_start2 = June 12, 1800 | term_end2 = May 8, 1802 (death) | office3 = New Hampshire State Senator | term_start3 = 1794 | term_end3 = 1795 | birth_date = {{Birth date|1763|04|12}} | birth_place = {{nowrap|Boston, Suffolk County Massachusetts, USA}} | death_date = {{Death date and age|1802|05|08|1763|04|12|mf=yes}} | death_place = {{nowrap|Boston, Suffolk County Massachusetts, USA}} | resting_place = Amherst Town Hall Burying Ground Amherst, Hillsborough County New Hampshire, USA | citizenship = | spouse = Mary Frances Amherst Gordon | children = William Gordon | relations = | profession = Lawyer Politician | party = Federalist | alma_mater = Harvard University | religion = |}} William Gordon (April 12, 1763 – May 8, 1802) was an American politician and a United States Representative from the state of New Hampshire. Early lifeBorn near Boston, Massachusetts, Gordon graduated from Harvard College in 1779, studied law with Joshua Atherton, admitted to the bar in 1787 and commenced practice in Amherst, New Hampshire.[1] CareerGordon was appointed register of probate in 1793 and was a member of the New Hampshire Senate for the seventh district in 1794 and 1795. He was also solicitor of Hillsborough County from 1794 to 1801. Elected as a Federalist to the Fifth and Sixth Congresses, Gordon served as a United States Representative of the state of New Hampshire from March 4, 1797, until June 12, 1800. He was one of the managers appointed by the House of Representatives in 1798 to conduct the impeachment proceedings against William Blount, a United States Senator from Tennessee. He resigned to accept the office of New Hampshire Attorney General, which he held until his death. DeathGordon died in Boston on May 8, 1802 (age 39 years, 26 days). He was interred at Amherst Town Hall Burying Ground, Amherst, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire. Family lifeGordon is one of many New Hampshire notables who descends from New Hampshire Pioneer Alexander Gordon. He married Mary Frances Atherton, daughter of Joshua Atherton,[2] and they had one son, William. References1. ^{{cite book|last1=Secomb|first1=Daniel Franklin|title=History of the Town of Amherst, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire: (first Known as Narragansett Township Number Three, and Subsequently as Southegan West)|publisher=Evans, Sleeper & Woodbury, 1883 - Amherst (N.H.)|page=887|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RWY2u4sZDxcC&pg=PA887&dq=Frances+Atherton+married+William+Gordon&hl=en&sa=X&ei=X9rTU4-_LsmQyATtioJI&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=Frances%20Atherton%20married%20William%20Gordon&f=false|accessdate=26 July 2014}} 2. ^{{cite web|title=William Gordon|url=http://records.ancestry.com/mary_frances_atherton_records.ashx?pid=90794264|publisher=1997-2014 Ancestry.com|accessdate=26 July 2014}} External links
{{s-start}}{{s-par|us-hs}}{{USRepSuccessionBox | state = New Hampshire | district = AL | before = Nicholas Gilman | after = Samuel Tenney | years = 1797-1800}}{{s-end}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Gordon, William}} 9 : 1763 births|1802 deaths|Harvard College alumni|New Hampshire state senators|Members of the United States House of Representatives from New Hampshire|New Hampshire Attorneys General|Politicians from Boston|New Hampshire Federalists|Federalist Party members of the United States House of Representatives |
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