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  Jordan, B. Everett
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AffiliationDemocratic  
 
NameB. Everett Jordan
Address Alamance County
Saxapahaw, North Carolina , United States
EmailNone
WebsiteNone
Born September 08, 1896
DiedMarch 15, 1974 (77 years)
ContributorRP
Last ModifedRBH
Feb 23, 2024 06:34pm
Tags Married - Army - Methodist -
InfoB(enjamin) Everett Jordan - born in Ramseur, Randolph County, N.C., September 8, 1896; attended the public schools, Rutherford (N.C.) College Preparatory School in 1912 and 1913, and Trinity College, now Duke University, in 1914 and 1915; during the First World War served overseas with the Tank Corps, United States Army 1918-1919; organized Sellers Manufacturing Co., a textile firm, in 1927 and served as secretary-treasurer and general manager; Democratic national committeeman 1954-1958; member, North Carolina Peace Officers Benefit and Retirement Commission 1943-1958; member, North Carolina Medical Care Commission 1945-1951; chairman, Board of Trustees, Alamance County General Hospital; appointed as a Democrat to the United States Senate April 19, 1958, and elected November 4, 1958, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of W. Kerr Scott in the term ending January 3, 1961; reelected in 1960, and again in 1966 for the term ending January 3, 1973; unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1972; co-chairman, Joint Committee on Inaugural Arrangements (Eighty-eighth and Ninetieth Congresses), chairman, Joint Committee on the Library (Eighty-eighth through Ninety-second Congresses), Committee on Rules and Administration (Eighty-eighth through Ninety-second Congresses), Joint Committee on Printing (Ninety-first and Ninety-second Congresses); died in Saxapahaw, N.C., March 15, 1974; interment in Pine Hill Cemetery, Burlington, N.C.

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Importance? 7.00000 Average

FAMILY
Son John M. Jordan 1936-

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RACES
  06/03/1972 NC US Senate - D Runoff Lost 44.55% (-10.90%)
  05/06/1972 NC US Senate - D Primary Won 44.35% (+0.00%)
  11/08/1966 NC US Senate Won 55.59% (+11.19%)
  05/28/1966 NC US Senate - D Primary Won 79.26% (+58.52%)
  11/08/1960 NC US Senate Won 61.44% (+22.89%)
  05/28/1960 NC US Senate - D Primary Won 54.25% (+17.79%)
  11/04/1958 NC US Senate - Special Election Won 69.99% (+39.99%)
  04/19/1958 NC US Senate - Appointment Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  00/00/1949 NC D Party Chair Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
ENDORSEMENTS
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Dec 15, 1971 R William H. Rehnquist
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Dec 09, 1971 D Lewis Franklin Powell, Jr.
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - May 17, 1970 R Harry Blackmun
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Apr 08, 1970 R G. Harrold Carswell
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Nov 21, 1969 R Clement Furman Haynsworth, Jr.
Supreme Court - Chief Justice - Jun 23, 1969 R Warren E. Burger
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Oct 14, 1958 NPA Reject
NC US President - Nov 05, 1940 R Wendell L. Willkie