John Brown Gordon

U.S. Congressperson

1832 – 1904

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Who was John Brown Gordon?

John Brown Gordon was one of Robert E. Lee's most trusted Confederate generals during the American Civil War. After the war, he was a strong opponent of Reconstruction and is thought by some to have been the titular leader of the Ku Klux Klan in Georgia during the late 1860s. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a U.S. Senator from 1873 to 1880, and again from 1891 to 1897. He also served as the 53rd Governor of Georgia from 1886 to 1890.

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Born
Feb 6, 1832
Upson County
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Nationality
  • United States of America
  • Confederate States of America
Education
  • University of Georgia
Lived in
  • Atlanta
Died
Jan 9, 1904
Miami

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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