Biography

10/25/1846 - 05/15/1911


JORDAN, Martin J., a Representative from Lackawanna and Luzerne Counties; born, October 25, 1846 in County Sligo, Ireland; roller, steel mill; policeman, Scranton (1881-1886); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1887 term; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1888); unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania State Senator (1894); laborer, Casey & Kelly brewery; died, May 15, 1911 in Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania; interred, Cathedral Cemetery, Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania.


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