“Idaho Senator” Leonard B. Jordan Hand Signed 3X5 Card Todd Mueller COA

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“Idaho Senator” Leonard B. Jordan Hand Signed 3X5 Card.
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Leonard Beck Jordan
(May 15, 1899 – June 30, 1983) was an American politician who served as the 23rd
governor
of
Idaho
and a
United States Senator
for over ten years. Born in
Mount Pleasant, Utah
, Jordan's father was a county judge and his mother was a schoolteacher; the family relocated to northeast
Oregon
and he was educated in the public schools of
Enterprise
, the seat of
Wallowa County
. From a large family, Jordan worked on a ranch then enlisted in the
U.S. Army
at age 18 in 1917. After two years in the service, he attended the
University of Oregon
in
Eugene
on a
football
scholarship
, and was a 175-pound (79 kg)
halfback
for the
Webfoots
. Jordan graduated in 1923, and was awarded a key to
Phi Beta Kappa
. He married classmate
Grace Edington
on December 30, 1924. Jordan was commissioned as a
second lieutenant
in the
U.S. Army
during
World War I
, but did not serve overseas. After college, he was a sheep rancher in
Hells Canyon
in
Idaho
during the
Great Depression
at Kirkwood Bar, and then settled in
Grangeville
in 1940, where he established a farm implement business, a real estate agency, and an automobile dealership. Jordan was elected to the
Idaho Senate
in 1946 but lost his seat in 1948.