Gordon Newell Mott

Gordon Newell Mott


Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives from Nevada Territory
In office March 4, 1863 – October 31, 1864
Preceded by	John Cradlebaugh
Succeeded by	Henry G. Worthington (as U.S. Representative)
Personal details
Born	(1812-10-21)October 21, 1812 Zanesville, Ohio
Died	April 27, 1887(1887-04-27) (aged 74) San Francisco, California
Political party	Republican
Profession	Attorney

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.

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.

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

References

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

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by John Cradlebaugh	Delegate to the United States House of Representatives from Nevada Territory 1863–1864	Succeeded by Henry G. Worthington (U.S. Representative)

Members of the United States House of Representatives from Nevada

Territorial (1861–1864)

Seat	Cradlebaugh Mott

One At-large seat (1864–1983)

Seat	Worthington Ashley Fitch Kendall Woodburn Wren Daggett Cassidy Woodburn Bartine Newlands Van Duzer Bartlett Roberts Evans Arentz Richards Arentz Scrugham Sullivan Bunker Russell Baring Young Baring Towell Santini

Districts (1983–present)
(3rd district established in 2003)
(4th district established in 2013)

1st district	Reid Bilbray Ensign Berkley Titus

2nd district	Vucanovich Gibbons Heller Amodei

3rd district	Porter Titus Heck Rosen (elect)

4th district	Horsford Hardy Kihuen (elect)

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