Thomas C. Gordon

For other people with the same name, see Thomas Gordon (disambiguation).

Thomas Christian Gordon Jr. (July 14, 1915 – May 17, 2003) was a justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia from 1965 to 1972.^[3]

Thomas C. Gordon
Justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia
In office February 17, 1965 – May 31, 1972
Preceded by	Kennon C. Whittle
Succeeded by	Richard H. Poff
Personal details
Born	Thomas Christian Gordon Jr. (1915-07-14)July 14, 1915 Richmond, Virginia, U.S.
Died	May 17, 2003(2003-05-17) (aged 87)
Education	University of Virginia
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch/service	United States Army
Rank	Major[1]
Unit	Signal Corps
Battles/wars	World War II[2]

Biography

He was born in Richmond, Virginia. He attended the University of Virginia where he received his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1936 and his LL.B. in 1938.^[2]

For a number of years he was associated with the law firm of McGuire, Woods, King, Gordon and Davis. For 1963–64, he was President of the Virginia Bar Association.^[4] On February 17, 1965, he was sworn in as a justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia, having been elected by the General Assembly. Justice Gordon resigned from the Court on May 31, 1972, and returned to private practice.^[2]