California State Officials Biographies 1911

FRANK CHESTER JORDAN

Submitted by Nancy Pratt Melton

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Secretary of State.
FRANK CHESTER JORDAN (Republican) was born at Haycrafts Ferry, near Redding, 
Shasta County, April 3, 1860. Received a common school education in Oakland, his 
home from 1868 to 1906. Since 1906 has resided in Auburn, Placer County. Engaged 
in commercial pursuits until 1894, when he was elected County Clerk of Alameda 
County. Reelected in 1898. Elected Clerk of Supreme Court November 4, 1902. Was 
nominated for office of Secretary of State at the first direct primary election 
held in the State of California and elected November 8, 1910, for the term 
1911-1915.
 
Source: California Blue Book, or State Roster, 1911
Compiled by Frank C. Jordan, Secretary of State
Friend W. Richardson, Superintendent of State Printing, Sacramento, CA, 1913