Thomas Christian Gordon, Jr. (July 14, 1915 – May 17, 2003) was born in Richmond, Virginia

Richmond, Virginia

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. He attended the University of Virginia

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 where he received his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1936 and his LL. B. in 1938.

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

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. On February 17, 1965, he was sworn in as a justice on the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia

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, having been elected by the General Assembly. Justice Gordon resigned from the Court on May 31, 1972, and returned to private practice at McGuire, Woods and Battle.