James Gordon
United States Senator fromMississippi
In office December 23, 1909 – February 22, 1910
Appointed by	Edmond Noel
Preceded by	Anselm J. McLaurin
Succeeded by	LeRoy Percy
Personal details
Born	(1833-12-06)December 6, 1833 Cotton Gin Port, Mississippi, US
Died	November 28, 1912(1912-11-28) (aged 78) Okolona, Mississippi, US
Party	Democratic

James Gordon (December 6, 1833 – November 28, 1912) was an American planter, writer, former Confederate officer and politician fromOkolona, Mississippi. He was aUnited States senator for eight weeks, from December 27, 1909, to February 22, 1910.

During theCivil War he served in theConfederate Army, first as a captain in the Chickasaw Guards, attached to theJeff. Davis Legion, and then as Lieutenant Colonel of the2nd Mississippi Cavalry Regiment,^[1] and later served in theMississippi House of Representatives. Following the death of SenatorAnselm J. McLaurin, Gordon was appointed by GovernorEdmond Noel on December 27, to fill the vacancy until the state legislature could elect a new U.S. Senator.

The day after his appointment by Governor Noel to the United States Senate, Gordon was identified by the MemphisPress-Scimitar as a former fugitive who had been sought as a suspect in the conspiracy to assassinate PresidentAbraham Lincoln. Gordon was listed in 1865 by the United States government as a fugitive, and a reward of $10,000 had been offered for his capture, dead or alive. Later that year, he was ruled out of the suspects.^[2] Gordon had admitted that he had met withJohn Wilkes Booth inMontreal in March 1865, and had discussed plans to kidnap Lincoln, but denied any discussion of an assassination.^[3]

Gordon served as an appointed U.S. Senator, until February 22, 1910, when he was succeeded byLeRoy Percy, who had been elected by the legislature. He died in 1912 at 78.

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