Edward Jordan (American lawyer)

Edward Jordan (October 6, 1820 – September 22, 1899) was an American lawyer who served as Solicitor of the United States Treasury.

Biography

Jordan was born in Moriah, New York.[1][2][3] He was educated locally, and became a school teacher.[4]

He later moved to Portsmouth, Ohio, where he became an attorney. He served in local offices, including Portsmouth City Clerk and Lawrence County prosecuting attorney.[5][6]

In 1848 Jordan was one of the partners who established Portsmouth's Democratic Enquirer newspaper.[7]

A friend of Salmon P. Chase, when Chase became Secretary of the Treasury in 1861 Jordan was named Solicitor of the Treasury, serving until the end of Andrew Johnson's administration in 1869.[8][9]

After leaving the Treasury Department Jordan continued to practice law in New York City.[10][11]

He died in Elizabeth, New Jersey[12][13] and was buried at Woodland Cemetery in Ironton, Ohio.[14]

Family

In 1852, Jordan married Augusta Woodbury Ricker.[15] They were the parents of three daughters, Mary Augusta, Elizabeth, and Emily.[16]

Mary was a librarian and professor, first at Vassar College, and later at Smith College.[17]

Emily Jordan Folger,[18] was the wife of Henry Clay Folger.[19]

Edward Jordan was also the grandfather of Edward Jordan Dimock.[20]

gollark: Having better laws is better than randomly dropping laws when inconvenient.
gollark: Like the "online safety bill" and whatever policing things people are angry about here.
gollark: Yeeees, it seems like the particularly totalitarian stuff just gets shoved through without COVID-19 being hugely related.
gollark: But that seems inaccurate because politicians also probably look good/bad if they do well/badly against COVID-19 regardless.
gollark: If you were somewhat more cynical than me I guess you could think something like: updated vaccines aren't part of mainstream political discourse yet, they are unlikely to be unless there is deployment/development of them, and so politicians (who are optimizing for looking good according to said political discourse) don't care and don't do anything about the situation.

References
  1. U.S. Passport application, Edward Jordan, January 24, 1872
  2. Notable American Women: A Biographical Dictionary, by Edward T. James and Janet Wilson James, 1974, page 637
  3. The papers of Andrew Johnson: February-August 1867, by Andrew Johnson, edited by LeRoy P. Graf and Paul H. Bergeron, 1995, page 484
  4. Johnson, David Ralph (1995). Illegal Tender: Counterfeiting and the Secret Service in Nineteenth-Century America. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press. p. 68.
  5. In Her Own Right: The Life of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, by Elisabeth Griffith, 1985, page 107
  6. A Standard History of the Hanging Rock Iron Region of Ohio, Lewis Publishing Company, Volume 1, 1916, page 130
  7. Contributions to the Historical Society of Montana, published by the society, Volume 6, 1907, page 147
  8. The Origin of the National Banking System, Senate Documents, published by U.S. Government Printing Office, Volume 35, 1910, page 58
  9. The Political Register and Congressional Directory, published bu Houghton, Osgood, and Company, Boston, 1878, page 230
  10. 1870 U.S. Census entry, Edward Jordan family
  11. 1880 U.S. Census entry, Edward Jordan family
  12. Death List of a Day, Edward Jordan, New York Times, September 24, 1899
  13. New Jersey, Deaths and Burials Index, 1798-1971, entry for Edward Jordan, accessed December 3, 2011
  14. History Of Scioto County, Ohio, by Nelson Evans, 1903, pages 287-288
  15. Lineage Book - National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution. 90. Washington, DC: Daughters of the American Revolution. 1927. p. 59.
  16. "Biography, Emily Jordan Folger". Vassar Encyclopedia. Poughkeepsie, NY: Vassar College. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
  17. Donawerth, Jane (2002). Rhetorical Theory by Women Before 1900: An Anthology. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield. p. 299. ISBN 978-0-7425-1716-5.
  18. Biography, Emily Jordan Folder, Vassar College web site, accessed December 3, 2011
  19. Biography, Emily Jordan Folger Archived 2011-11-19 at the Wayback Machine, Folger Shakespeare Library web site, accessed December 3, 2011
  20. Biographical Record of the Class of 1874 in Yale College: Part Fourth, 1874-1909, published by the university, pages 64 to 65
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Preceded by
Benjamin F. Pleasants		 Solicitor of the United States Treasury
1861–1869		 Succeeded by
E. C. Banfield
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