About Powhatan Gordon
Lived 1802 – 1879 (aged 76). Powhatan Gordon was an American farmer and politician.
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 life Powhatan Gordon was born on November 15, 1802, in Nashville, Tennessee. His father, John Gordon, built John Gordon House in Williamsport, Tennessee.
Gordon joined the Know Nothing party and ran for the United States House of Representatives in 1854, but he lost the race.
Personal life and death Gordon married Caroline Mary Coleman on June 26, 1828. They had eleven children, including Judge William Osceola Gordon and state representative R. H. Gordon. He died on January 29, 1879, in Bryan, Texas.
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