Benjamin Jordan (Whig14) Dauphin and Northumberland Counties, 1846-1848
Early Life:
Benjamin Jordan, born July 19, 1779, Milton, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania; son of Thomas and Rachel Steele Jordan; engaged, bookseller trade with William Dickson; editor, Lancaster Intelligencer, 1805-1808; married, Mary Crouch, 1811; appointed, weighmaster, Port of Philadelphia; elected, Whig, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1846-1848; died, May 24, 1861, Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania; interment, Paxton Presbyterian Churchyard, Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania Politics:
Appointed, weighmaster, Port of Philadelphia.
Elected, Whig, Pennsylvania State Senate, 14th district, Dauphin and Northumberland Counties, 1846-1848.
Legacy:
Mother, Rachel Steele Jordan, sister, General John Francis Steele, Pennsylvania State Senate, 6th district, Lancaster County 1802-1806, Senate Speaker, 1805.
John Francis Steele - Pennsylvania Senate Library (pasen.gov)
Cited:
Cox, Harold. "Senate Members "J"". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.
The History of the Sesqui-Centennial of Paxtang Church, September 18, 1890 by Mathias Wilson McAlarney, Harrisburg Publishing Company. 1890, page 308.
Benjamin Jordan (1779-1861) - Find a Grave Memorial