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{{short description|American politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Isaac M. Jordan
| image = Isaac M. Jordan.jpg
| state = Ohio
| district = [[Ohio's 2nd congressional district|
| term_start = March 4, 1883
| term_end = March 3, 1885
| preceded = [[Thomas L. Young]]
| succeeded = [[Charles Elwood Brown]]
| party = [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic]]
| birth_date = {{birth date|1835|5|5}}
| birth_place = [[Mifflinburg, Pennsylvania]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|1890|12|3|1835|5|5}}
| death_place = [[Cincinnati, Ohio]]
| restingplace = [[Spring Grove Cemetery]]
| spouse =
| children =
| signature =
| religion =
| alma_mater = [[Miami University]]
}}
'''Isaac M. Jordan''' (born '''Isaac Alfred Jordan'''; May 5, 1835 – December 3, 1890) was a [[United States Congressman]] and [[Freemasonry|Freemason]] who was born in [[Mifflinburg, Pennsylvania|Mifflinburg]], [[Union County, Pennsylvania|Union County]], [[Pennsylvania]].<ref name=norman>"The Seven Founders" page 35. The Norman Shield, 41st Edition</ref><ref>[http://studentorg.richmond.edu/sigmachi/chapter.html The Epsilon Rho Chapter of Sigma Chi] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425092058/http://studentorg.richmond.edu/sigmachi/chapter.html |date=2012-04-25 }}</ref> He served one term, elected as a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] to the [[48th United States Congress|48th congress]], (March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885) in [[Ohio's 2nd congressional district]], a strong [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] district
He was also one of the founding members of the [[Sigma Chi]] fraternity.
Jordan was 20 years old when he became one of the founding members of the [[Sigma Chi|Sigma Chi Fraternity]] in 1855 at [[Miami University]], [[Oxford, Ohio|Oxford]], [[Ohio]]. Jordan graduated from Miami University in 1857 and obtained his master's degree from Miami in 1862. He was an orator of first and 15th Grand Chapters.▼
==Biography==
▲Jordan was
He was an orator of first and 15th Grand Chapters.
Professionally he was admitted to bar in Columbus, Ohio in 1858 (attorney) 1858–1890. He became a congressman of the first district of Ohio, 1883–85.▼
During a speech in 1884, he explained the standard by which all pledges and brothers should be judged, which is now known as the [[Sigma Chi#The Jordan Standard|Jordan Standard]].<ref name=norman/>
Following his graduation from Miami, he studied [[law]], was admitted to the [[Bar association|bar]], and practiced law in [[Dayton, Ohio|Dayton]], [[Ohio]] and [[Cincinnati, Ohio|Cincinnati]], during which time he changed his middle initial to M (meaning nothing in particular) to distinguish himself from his brother and law partner Jackson A. Jordan, as he thought people would confuse J.A. and I.A. Jordan.
Jordan's accidental death from injuries received from falling down an elevator shaft in Cincinnati, Ohio, December 3, 1890 was deeply mourned throughout southwestern Ohio. The tragedy created a shock throughout the city. All courts adjourned and public businesses were stilled. The newspapers of the day devoted entire pages, with prominent headlines and drawings, to the occurrence.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.sigmachi.org/isaac-m-jordan |title = Isaac M. Jordan|date = 2012-02-06}}</ref>▼
An important part of his life's journey was set early on when he moved to Ohio with his family and met Ben Runkle, who later described Jordan as a "playmate of my boyhood, a schoolmate, and a friend for the long and strenuous years of manhood... with boundless energy, lofty ambitions, gifted with untiring perseverance and the ability that made success a certainty." Jordan and Runkle, two fellow [[Freemasonry|Freemasons]], landed at Miami University together for college, and fittingly became fraternity brothers, first as Dekes, then as founders of the new fraternity, Sigma Phi, which later became known as Sigma Chi. Jordan displayed his goal-oriented nature throughout his collegiate career, and it was no surprise that he went straight to law school and practiced as an attorney until he was elected in 1882 to the U.S. Congress.
Jordan is interred in [[Spring Grove Cemetery]] in Cincinnati.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sigmachi.org/isaac-m-jordan|title= Isaac M. Jordan|publisher= Sigma Chi Fraternity|access-date= July 18, 2014|date= 2012-02-06}}</ref>▼
▲Professionally, he was admitted to bar in Columbus, Ohio in 1858 (attorney) 1858–1890.
=== Congress ===
He became a congressman of the first district of Ohio, serving from 1883 to 85.
==Death and interment==
▲Jordan's accidental death from injuries received from falling down an elevator shaft in Cincinnati, Ohio, December 3, 1890, was deeply mourned throughout southwestern Ohio. The tragedy created a shock throughout the city. All courts adjourned and public businesses were stilled. The newspapers of the day devoted entire pages, with prominent headlines and drawings, to the occurrence.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.sigmachi.org/isaac-m-jordan |title = Isaac M. Jordan|date = 2012-02-06}}</ref>
▲Jordan
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