Texas Legislators: Past & Present

A.N. Jordan

Full Name: A. N. Jordan
Death date: May 6, 1866

Terms of Service

Senate, 10th ⁽⁴⁾ & 9th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ Legislatures
11/4/1861 - 5/6/1866

(1) Jordan did not attend 1st Called Session until 2/27/1863. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(2) 9th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll of Senators, oath of office administered, 11/4/1861, p. 1. Senate Journal .
(3) 9th Legislature, Regular Session - Classification of Senators (drawing for terms of office) - drew "the long term" (four years), 11/12/1861, p. 42. Senate Journal .
(4) 10th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll call by district (holdover Senators), 11/2/1863, pp. 1-3. Senate Journal .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

Member roster, 9th Legislature, Regular Session: name, district, resident county, post office, state of nativity, occupation, and age. Senate Journal .

Other Resources

Census of 1860 - A.N. Jordan, Houston, Harris County, age 31, born circa 1829 in Virginia, attorney at law, living in household with Mary F. Jordan. FamilySearch .
"Houston papers announce the death at his residence in that city, Monday night last (5/6/1866), of Hon. A.N. Jordan, formerly State Senator from that district," Thursday, 5/10/1866, p. 2. A.N. Jordan, announcement of death and memorial resolution at District Court in Houston, 5/8/1866 minutes, 5/11/1866, p. 2. Galveston Daily News .
Mentioned as early Houston lawyer, p. 80. Young, Samuel Oliver. A Thumb-Nail History of the City of Houston, Texas, From Its Founding in 1836 to the Year 1912, 1912. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
Mentioned, pp. 12, 30-31. The Texas Senate: Volume II, Civil War to the Eve of Reform, 1861-1889 1999.