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William Gordon Mathews | |
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| President of West Virginia Bar Association | |
| In office 1913–1913 | |
| Clerk of the Court for Kanawha, West Virginia | |
| In office 1903–1904 | |
| Referee of Bankruptcy for Kanawha, West Virginia | |
| In office 1898–1908 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1877 Lewisburg, Virginia |
| Died | 1923 Charleston, West Virginia |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Helen B. Davis |
| Relations | Henry Mason Mathews (father); Lucy Fry Mathews (mother) Mathews family |
| Alma mater | Lewisburg Military Academy Georgetown Law School University of Virginia School of Law |
| Profession | Lawyer |
William Gordon Mathews (February 26, 1877-1923) was a lawyer from Charleston, West Virginia.
Early life
Gordon Mathews was born in Lewisburg, West Virginia to Henry Mason Mathews and Lucy Fry. His father was the 5th Governor of West Virginia. His paternal grandfather, Mason Mathews, was a Virginia House Delegate, and his maternal grandfather, Joseph L. Fry, was a prominent West Virginia judge. [1]
He was educated at the Lewisburg Military Academy. In 1895 he enrolled in Georgetown Law School for one year, afterward completing his degree at the University of Virginia School of Law, graduating in 1897 at 20 years of age. He was a member of the fraternities Phi Delta Phi and Phi Delta Theta. [2] In 1897 he moved to Charleston, Kanawha County, and was admitted to the Bar. He married Helen B. Davis in 1903.[1]
Career in law
Gordon Mathews entered a law partnership partnership with Wesley Mallohan and George McClintic and was soon appointed to the position of Referee of Bankruptcy for Kanawha, West Virginia in 1898 by John B. Jackson. In 1903 he served as the Clerk of Court for Kanawha County on the death of Judge F. A. Guthrie. [3]
In 1908 he was selected as the Democratic party's nominee for the West Virginia Supreme Court, but was defeated with the Democratic ticket. [3]
He served as the president of the West Virginia Bar Association, and was it's youngest president at the time of his election. He was appointed by President Woodrow Wilson as the legal member of the District Board of the Southern District of West Virginia under the Selective Service Act of May 18, 1917, and served in that capacity until the end of World War I. [4] He died in 1923.[1]
Published works
- Martial Law in West Virginia, 1913[3]
Category:Burials in West Virginia
Category: People from Greenbrier County, West Virginia
Category:Phi Delta Theta
Category:University of Virginia School of Law alumni
Category:West Virginia lawyers
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- ^ a b c Atkinson, George W. (1919). Bench and Bar of West Virginia. Harvard University:Virginia law book company http://books.google.com/books?id=qi8aAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA279&dq=%22william+gordon+mathews%22&hl=en#v=onepage&q=%22william%20gordon%20mathews%22&f=false Retrieved December 9, 2012
- ^ Fifield, James C. (1918). "The American Bar". Harvard University: J.C. Fifield Company http://books.google.com/books?id=uDYMAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA702&dq=%22william+gordon+mathews%22&hl=en#v=onepage&q=%22william%20gordon%20mathews%22&f=false Retrieved December 9, 2012
- ^ a b c West Virginia Bar Association (1908). The Bar: West Virginia, Volume 15. University of California. http://books.google.com/books?id=hHCmAAAAIAAJ&pg=RA6-PA12&dq=%22william+gordon+mathews%22&hl=en#v=onepage&q=%22william%20gordon%20mathews%22&f=false Retrieved December 9, 2012
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