Isaac M. Jordan

Isaac M. Jordan

Isaac M. Jordan "energetic and faithful" to every task"(May 5, 1835 – December 3, 1890) was a United States Congressman born in Mifflinburg, Union County, Pennsylvania"The Seven Founders" page 35. The Norman Shield, 41st Edition] as Isaac Alfred Jordan. [ [http://www.isusigmachi.com/jordan.php Illinois State University Theta Rho Chapter - Isaac M. Jordan] ] . He served one term, elected as a Democrat to the 48th congress, (March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885) in Ohio's 2nd congressional district, a strong Republican district. He declined to run for a second term.

Fraternity Involvement

Jordan was 20 years old when he became one of the founding members of the Sigma Chi Fraternity in 1855 at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio.

In a speech he gave in 1884, he delineated the valued criteria for pledging, which is now known as the Jordan Standard. Following graduation from Miami, he studied law, was admitted to the bar, and practiced law in Dayton, Ohio and Cincinnati, 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. Isaac Joirdan may have been born a Pennsylvania farm boy, but his ambitions were afar grander that tending animals and harvesting crops. 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 perserverance and the ability that made success a certainty." Jordan and Runkle, who was two years Jordan's junior, landed at Miami of Ohio 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 tha the went straight to law school and practiced as an attorney until he was elected in 1882 to the U.S. Congress. In 1884, Brother Jordan gave a talk in which he outlined his view of the criteria by which a student should be considered for membership in Sigma Chi. That brief statement, which stresses the qualities of good character, became known as "The Jordan Standard." Who knows how far Jordan's ambitious purposes may have taken him had he not died unexpectedly in 1890. What is known is that this selfmade man was admired deeply for his relentless energy, broad talents and unwavering dedication to all that he pursued.

Academics: Jordan recieved graduated from Miami University in 1857 and obtained his masters from Miami in 1862.

Professional: Admitted to bar in Columbus, Ohio in 1858 (attorney) 1858-1890, congressman of the first district of Ohio, 1883-85

Fraternity: Orator of first and 15th Grand Chapters

Memorial: lies in Grove Cemetary, Cincinatti

Death

Jordan's accidental death from injuries received from falling down an elevator while drunk 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 dreadful occurrence. Fact|date=March 2008

Jordan was buried in Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati.

Notes

External links

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* [http://www.sigmachi.org/ Official Sigma Chi Website]
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