Jordan E. Cravens

Jordan E. Cravens

Jordan Edgar Cravens (November 7, 1830 - April 8, 1914) was a U.S. Representative from Arkansas, cousin of William Ben Cravens.

Born in Fredericktown, Missouri, Cravens moved with his father to Arkansas the following year.He attended the common schools, and was graduated from the Cane Hill Academy at Boonsboro (now Canehill), Washington County, Arkansas, in 1850.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar in 1854 and commenced practice in Clarksville, Arkansas.He served as member of the State house of representatives in 1860.He entered the Confederate States Army in 1861 as a private, promoted to colonel in 1862, and continued in the service until the close of the Civil War.He returned to Clarksville.He served as prosecuting attorney of Johnson County in 1865 and 1866.He served as member of the State senate 1866-1868.

Cravens was elected as an Independent Democrat to the Forty-fifth Congress.He was reelected as a Democrat to the Forty-sixth and Forty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1877-March 3, 1883).He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1882 to the Forty-eighth Congress.He resumed the practice of law in Clarksville, Arkansas.He served as judge of the circuit court 1890-1894.He died in Fort Smith, Arkansas, April 8, 1914.He was interred in Oakland Cemetery, Clarksville, Arkansas.

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