Jordan, B. Everett (Benjamin Everett)

Textile manufacturer, politician, and United States Senator from North Caroina (1958-1972).

From the description of Benjamin Everett Jordan papers, 1936-1974 and undated, (bulk 1958-1972). (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 25149903

• 1896, Sept. 8: Born, Ramseur, Randolph County, N. C., son of the Rev. Henry Harrison and Annie Elizabeth Sellers Jordan
• 1914 - 1915 : Attended Trinity College (now Duke University), Durham, N.C.
• 1918 - 1919 : Served with U.S. Army Tank Corps
• 1919: Served with U.S. Army occupation forces in Germany
• 1920s: Worked in textile mills in Gastonia, N.C., rising to position of superintendent after four years
• 1924: Married Katherine McLean of Gastonia
• 1927: Organized Sellers Manufacturing Company at Saxapahaw, N.C., serving thereafter as Secretary-Treasurer and General Manager, and also as an officer in several other textile manufacturing companies
• 1936: Worked for the successful gubernatorial campaign of Clyde R. Hoey
• 1948: Worked for the successful gubernatorial campaign of W. Kerr Scott
• 1949 - 1951 : Chairman of the North Carolina State Democratic Executive Committee
• 1954 - 1958 : Served as Democratic National Committeeman from North Carolina
• 1955: Named Alamance County Man of the Year
• 1958, Apr. 19: Appointed by Governor Luther Hodges to United States Senate seat left vacant by the death of Senator W. Kerr Scott
• 1958, Nov.: Elected to U.S. Senate for remainder of Scott's term
• 1958 - 1963 : Member of Senate Post Office and Civil Service Committee
• 1958 - 1972 : Member of Senate Public Works Committee
• 1959 - 1972 : Member of Senate Agriculture and Forestry Committee
• 1959 - 1972 : Member of Senate Rules and Administration Committee, serving as Chairman 1963-1972
• 1960: Re-elected to Senate for full six-year term, defeating Republican Kyle Hayes
• 1960: Awarded honorary LL.D. degree by Elon College
• 1962 - 1972 : Member of Joint Committee on the Library of Congress, serving alternately as Vice-Chairman and Chairman 1963-1972
• 1963 - 1972 : Member of Joint Committee on Printing, serving alternately as Chairman and Vice-Chairman, 1970-1972
• 1963: Member of North Carolina Tercentenary Celebration Commission
• 1963 - 1965 : As Chairman of the Senate Rules and Administration Committee, chaired the televised hearings investigating the financial dealings of former Senate staff member Robert G. (Bobby) Baker and associates
• 1964 - 1965 : Chairman of Joint Congressional Committee on the Inaugural and master of ceremonies at inauguration of Lyndon B. Johnson
• 1964 - 1972 : Member of Library of Congress Trust Fund Board
• 1966: Re-elected to the Senate, defeating Republican John Shallcross
• 1972, June: Defeated in Democratic primary runoff election by Congressman Nick Galifinakis
• 1973, Jan.: Left office and retired to Saxapahaw
• 1974, Mar. 16: Died, Saxapahaw, N.C., age 77

From the guide to the Benjamin Everett Jordan Papers, 1896-1974 and undated, (Duke University. David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library)