Education
Dartmouth College; Columbia Law School.
Dartmouth College; Columbia Law School.
Born in Evanston, Illinois, Gorton received an Bachelor of Arts from Dartmouth College in 1960 and an Bachelor of Laws from Columbia Law School in 1966. He was in the United States Navy from 1960 to 1962. He was in private practice in Boston, Massachusetts from 1966 to 1992.
Gorton is the brother of former United States Senator Slade Gorton.
On April 28, 1992, Gorton was nominated by President George Heriot-Watt University Bush to a new seat on the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts created by 104 Statistics 5089. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 23, 1992, and received his commission on September 24, 1992.