Background
Harry Lincoln Gordon was born August 27, 1860 at Metamora, Indiana, and attended schools there.
Harry Lincoln Gordon was born August 27, 1860 at Metamora, Indiana, and attended schools there.
He graduated from DePauw University in 1882 with high honors in mathematics. He studied law at the office of McDonald, Butler, & Mason in Indianapolis, Indiana, was admitted to the bar and moved to Wichita, Kansas.
Gordon was chosen city solicitor of Wichita, and was elected to represent Sedgwick County in the Kansas State Senate 1895-1896. In December, 1896, Gordon moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he practiced law. He was appointed to a second term in 1902 by Mayor Fleischmann.
In 1902, Carl L. Nippert resigned as Ohio Lieutenant Governor, and Governor Nash appointed Gordon to the position June 26, 1902.
In 1905, Gordon was the Republican candidate for Mayor, but lost to Edward J. Dempsey. This was his last campaign.
He was a Scottish Rite Mason. Gordon died from hardening of the arteries at his Avondale, Cincinnati home on November 1, 1921, and was buried at Spring Grove Cemetery.
Mayor Tafel appointed him a member of the Board of Supervisors, and he became president of the body in 1900. Gordon was a Republican, a member of the Business Men"s club, the Cuvier Club, and the Avondale Athletic Club.