Thomas Christian Gordon Jr. (July 14, 1915 – May 17, 2003) was a justice of the

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from 1965 to 1972.

Biography

He was born in

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. He attended the

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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

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. 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.

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