Harry Lincoln Gordon was an American

United States

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 politician who served as the 27th Lieutenant Governor of Ohio

Lieutenant Governor of Ohio

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 from 1902 to 1904.

Biography

Harry Lincoln Gordon was born August 27, 1860 at Metamora, Indiana

Metamora, Indiana

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, and attended schools there. He graduated from DePauw University

DePauw University

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 in 1882 with high honors in mathematics. He studied law at the office of McDonald, Butler, & Mason in Indianapolis, Indiana

Indianapolis, Indiana

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, was admitted to the bar

Admission to the bar in the United States

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 and moved to Wichita, Kansas

Wichita, Kansas

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. Gordon was chosen city solicitor of Wichita, and was elected to represent Sedgwick County

Sedgwick County, Kansas

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 in the Kansas State Senate 1895-1896.

In December, 1896, Gordon moved to Cincinnati, Ohio

Cincinnati, Ohio

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, where he practiced law. Mayor Tafel

Gustav Tafel

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 appointed him a member of the Board of Supervisors, and he became president of the body in 1900. He was appointed to a second term in 1902 by Mayor Fleischmann

Julius Fleischmann

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.

In 1902, Carl L. Nippert

Carl L. Nippert

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 resigned as Ohio Lieutenant Governor, and Governor Nash

George K. Nash

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 appointed Gordon to the position June 26, 1902.

Gordon was a Republican, a member of the Business Men's club, the Cuvier Club, and the Avondale Athletic Club. He was a Scottish Rite Mason. He married Esther Langtree of Aurora, Indiana

Aurora, Indiana

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, April 20, 1892, and had a son.