. History of the counties of Dauphin and Lebanon : in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania ; biographical and genealogical . Pennsylvania wereably represented, and under his management theclaims of our soldiers were promptly examined andpaid. The Legislature, recognizing his efficient ser-vices, passed an act conferring upon him the rank ofa colonel of infantry. In 1866, Col. Jordan waschosen chairman of the Republican State CentralCommittee, and conducted the canvass with greatability and discretion, resulting in the election ofGen. Geary, who appointed Col. Jordan Secretary ofthe Commonwealth, i
. History of the counties of Dauphin and Lebanon : in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania ; biographical and genealogical . Pennsylvania wereably represented, and under his management theclaims of our soldiers were promptly examined andpaid. The Legislature, recognizing his efficient ser-vices, passed an act conferring upon him the rank ofa colonel of infantry. In 1866, Col. Jordan waschosen chairman of the Republican State CentralCommittee, and conducted the canvass with greatability and discretion, resulting in the election ofGen. Geary, who appointed Col. Jordan Secretary ofthe Commonwealth, in which capacity he served withability for six years. In 1871, pending the agitation for the revision ofthe State Constitution, he wrote and published apaper advocating a revision and detailing his reasons,which was well received, and on the 19th of February,1872, upon invitation, he delivered an address beforethe Social Science Association, of Philadelphia, andafterward in Pittsburgh, advocating thirteen amend-ments, covering the most vital defects of the old in-strument, twelve of which were adopted by the State. Jy\^^_£^S .W7L BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. 581 Convention. These papers served to establish thereputation of Col. Jordan as a sound lawyer, andelicited strong commendation from intelligent menboth within and without the commonwealth. Col. Jordan was prominently presented in the nomi-nating convention as the successor of Governor Geary,but withdrawn to harmonize conflicting interests, andin the same convention his vote was next to the suc-cessful candidate for judge of the Supreme Court, al-though he was not before the convention for the Jordan took up his residence in Harrisburg uponhis appointment as Secretary of the Commonwealth,and in 1872 resumed the practice of law in partner-ship with Hon. Louis W. Hall, since which time hehas acted as counsel for the Pennsylvania Railroad,and various other corporations. On Nov. 4, 1882,following the resignation of Secre
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