Chester Jordan | |
Birth Name: | Chester Bradley Jordan |
Order1: | 48th |
Office1: | Governor of New Hampshire |
Term Start1: | January 3, 1901 |
Term End1: | January 1, 1903 |
Office2: | President of the New Hampshire Senate |
Term Start2: | 1897 |
Term End2: | 1899 |
Successor2: | Thomas N. Hastings |
Office4: | Speaker of the New Hampshire House of Representatives |
Term Start4: | 1881 |
Term End4: | 1883 |
Birth Date: | 1839 10, mf=yes |
Birth Place: | Colebrook, New Hampshire, U.S. |
Death Place: | Lancaster, New Hampshire, U.S. |
Education: | Kimball Union Academy |
Party: | Republican |
Spouse: | [1] |
Children: | 4 |
Parents: | Johnson Jordan Minerva Buel |
Signature: | Chester Bradley Jordan (1839-1914) Signature.png |
Chester Bradley Jordan (October 15, 1839 – August 24, 1914)[2] was an American teacher, lawyer, and Republican politician from Lancaster, New Hampshire.
Jordan was born October 15, 1839, in Colebrook, New Hampshire, to Johnson and Minerva (Buel) Jordan,[3]
In 1897 Jordan became the owner of the Coos Republican.
Jordan served in both houses of the New Hampshire legislature and had the dual honor of heading both. He was Speaker of the House in 1881 and President of the Senate in 1896–1898.[4]
He served as the 48th governor of New Hampshire from 1901 to 1903.
Jordan died in 1914 in Lancaster, New Hampshire, where he is buried in Summer Street Cemetery.