Background
Gordon was born in Dayton, Ohio, and began his newspaper career in Middletown, Ohio.
Gordon was born in Dayton, Ohio, and began his newspaper career in Middletown, Ohio.
He worked a number of years for the Cincinnati Enquirer, and later moved to Washington, District of Columbia and then New New York During World War I he was stationed as a correspondent in Russia. He died in the Ozarks in Missouri on May 7, 1926, while on assignment.
His New York Times obituary described him as a "widely known writer on politics.".