Gordon Newell Mott

Gordon Newell Mott (October 21, 1812 – April 27, 1887) was the second and final delegate to the United States House of Representatives from Nevada Territory, serving from March 1863 until statehood.^[1]

Gordon Newell Mott
Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives from the Nevada Territory's at-large district
In office March 4, 1863 – October 31, 1864
Preceded by	John Cradlebaugh
Succeeded by	Henry G. Worthington (Representative)
Associate Justice of the Territorial Supreme Court of Nevada
In office 1861–1863
Preceded by	New seat
Personal details
Born	Gordon Newell Mott (1812-10-21)October 21, 1812 Zanesville, Ohio, U.S.
Died	April 27, 1887(1887-04-27) (aged 74) San Francisco, California, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Profession	Lawyer, Judge, Politician

Biography

Born in Zanesville, Ohio, Mott completed preparatory studies and studied law. He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Zanesville in 1836. He moved to Texas during its struggle for independence and served nine months as a volunteer. He then returned to Ohio and resumed the practice of law. He later moved to California, in 1849, and served as judge of Sutter County in 1850 and district judge from 1851 to 1854. He moved to Nevada in 1861. He was appointed by President Abraham Lincoln associate justice of the supreme court of Nevada Territory on March 27, 1861, and served until his resignation in 1863, having been elected to Congress.

Mott was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-eighth Congress and served from March 4, 1863, to October 31, 1864, when the Nevada Territory became a state. He was not a candidate for elective office from the new state. According to one account, Mott "should have traveled to Washington, but instead he journeyed to Ohio, allegedly because of his health", and therefore "never took his seat in Congress".^[1]

Mott died in San Francisco, California on April 27, 1887, and was interred in Laurel Hill Cemetery.

References

1. Patricia D. Cafferata, "Nevada's Crooked Territorial Justices", Nevada Lawyer (October 2014), p. 7-8.

• United States Congress. "Gordon Newell Mott (id: M001038)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved on 2009-5-12

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by John Cradlebaugh	Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives from the Nevada Territory's at-large congressional district 1863–1864	Succeeded by Henry G. Worthington as U.S. Representative

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