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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 on October 6, 1820, in Moriah, New York. He was educated locally, and became a school teacher. 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. In 1848 Jordan was one of the partners who established Portsmouth's Democratic Enquirer newspaper.

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. After leaving the Treasury Department Jordan continued to practice law in New York City.

He died on September 22, 1899, in Elizabeth, New Jersey and was buried at Woodland Cemetery in Ironton, Ohio.

Family

In 1852, Jordan married Augusta Woodbury Ricker.

They were the parents of three daughters, Mary Augusta, a librarian and professor, first at Vassar College, and later at Smith College, Elizabeth, and Emily, the latter of whom married Henry Clay Folger. Edward Jordan was also the grandfather of Edward Jordan Dimock.

References

1. U.S. Passport application, Edward Jordan, January 24, 1872
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4. Johnson, David Ralph (1995). Illegal Tender: Counterfeiting and the Secret Service in Nineteenth-Century America. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press. p. 68. ISBN 9781560983590.
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. Vol. 90. Washington, DC: Daughters of the American Revolution. 1927. p. 59.
16. Donawerth, Jane (2002). Rhetorical Theory by Women Before 1900: An Anthology. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield. p. 299. ISBN 978-0-7425-1716-5.
17. "Biography, Emily Jordan Folger". Vassar Encyclopedia. Poughkeepsie, NY: Vassar College. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
18. Biography, Emily Jordan Folger Archived 2011-11-19 at the Wayback Machine, Folger Shakespeare Library web site, accessed December 3, 2011
19. Biographical Record of the Class of 1874 in Yale College: Part Fourth, 1874-1909, published by the university, pages 64 to 65

• 1820 births
• 1899 deaths
• People from Moriah, New York
• People from Portsmouth, Ohio
• People from Lawrence County, Ohio
• People from Elizabeth, New Jersey
• United States Department of the Treasury officials
• 19th-century American lawyers