# James Fleming Gordon
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{{Short description|American judge}}
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| name = James Fleming Gordon
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| office = [Senior Judge](/source/Senior_status) of the [United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky](/source/United_States_District_Court_for_the_Western_District_of_Kentucky)
| term_start = January 1, 1976
| term_end = February 9, 1990
| office1 = Chief Judge of the [United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky](/source/United_States_District_Court_for_the_Western_District_of_Kentucky)
| term_start1 = 1969
| term_end1 = 1976
| predecessor1 = [Henry Luesing Brooks](/source/Henry_Luesing_Brooks)
| successor1 = [Clifton Rhodes Bratcher](/source/Clifton_Rhodes_Bratcher)
| office2 = Judge of the [United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky](/source/United_States_District_Court_for_the_Western_District_of_Kentucky)
| term_start2 = July 23, 1965
| term_end2 = January 1, 1976
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| appointer2 = [Lyndon B. Johnson](/source/List_of_federal_judges_appointed_by_Lyndon_B._Johnson)
| predecessor2 = [Roy Mahlon Shelbourne](/source/Roy_Mahlon_Shelbourne)
| successor2 = [Edward Huggins Johnstone](/source/Edward_Huggins_Johnstone)
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| birth_name = James Fleming Gordon
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1918|05|18}}
| birth_place = [Madisonville, Kentucky](/source/Madisonville%2C_Kentucky), U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1990|02|09|1918|05|18}}
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'''James Fleming Gordon''' (May 18, 1918 – February 9, 1990) was a [United States district judge](/source/United_States_federal_judge) of the [United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky](/source/United_States_District_Court_for_the_Western_District_of_Kentucky).
==Education and career==
Born in [Madisonville](/source/Madisonville%2C_Kentucky), [Kentucky](/source/Kentucky), Gordon received a [Bachelor of Laws](/source/Bachelor_of_Laws) from the [University of Kentucky College of Law](/source/University_of_Kentucky_College_of_Law) in 1941. He was in private practice in Madisonville from 1941 to 1942, serving in the [United States Army](/source/United_States_Army) during [World War II](/source/World_War_II), from 1942 to 1945. He returned to private practice from 1945 to 1965, also serving as a campaign chairman for Kentucky Democratic Party in 1955, and as chairman of the [Kentucky Public Service Commission](/source/Kentucky_Public_Service_Commission) from 1956 to 1960. He was a special counsel to the [Governor of Kentucky](/source/Governor_of_Kentucky) in 1965, and speakers chairman of the Kentucky Democratic Party in 1966.[{{FJC Bio|889|nid=1381386|name=James Fleming Gordon}}]
==Federal judicial service==
thumb|right|Judicial portrait of Gordon, c. 1976, by M.B.H.
On June 24, 1965, Gordon was nominated by President [Lyndon B. Johnson](/source/Lyndon_B._Johnson) to a seat on the [United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky](/source/United_States_District_Court_for_the_Western_District_of_Kentucky) vacated by Judge [Roy Mahlon Shelbourne](/source/Roy_Mahlon_Shelbourne). Gordon was confirmed by the [United States Senate](/source/United_States_Senate) on July 22, 1965, and received his commission on July 23, 1965. He served as Chief Judge from 1969 to 1976, assuming [senior status](/source/senior_status) due to a certified disability on January 1, 1976, and serving in that capacity until his death on February 9, 1990.