Frank C. Jordan

{{short description|American politician}}

{{distinguish|text = his son, Frank M. Jordan}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Frank C. Jordan

| image = Frank C. Jordan Edit.jpg

| caption = Jordan {{circa}} 1932

| order = 20th Secretary of State of California

| term_start = January 3, 1911

| term_end = January 18, 1940

| governor = Hiram Johnson
William Stephens
Friend Richardson
C. C. Young
James Rolph
Frank Merriam
Culbert Olson

| predecessor = Charles F. Curry

| successor = Paul Peek

| office1 = Clerk of the Supreme Court of California

| term_start1 = 1903

| term_end1 = 1907

| office2 = Alameda County Clerk

| term_start2 = 1895

| term_end2 = 1903

| birth_name = Frank Chester Jordan

| birth_date = {{birth date|1860|04|03}}

| birth_place = Haycrafts Ferry, Shasta County, California, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|1940|01|18|1860|04|03}}

| death_place = Sacramento, California, U.S.

| party = Republican

| spouse = {{marriage|Emma Morrill|1881|1935|end=died}}

| children = {{flatlist|

• Grace
• Robert
• Nettie
• Frank

}}

| relatives = William H. Jordan (brother)
Henry Vrooman (brother-in-law)

| occupation = Clerk

| known_for = Longest-serving state official in the country at time of death

}}

Frank Chester Jordan (April 3, 1860 – January 18, 1940) was the 20th Secretary of State of California, serving eight terms from 1911 until his death in 1940.{{cite web |url=https://www.joincalifornia.com/candidate/5425 |title=Frank C. Jordan |author= |date= |website=JoinCalifornia |publisher= |access-date=23 August 2024 |quote=}} At the time of his death, he was the longest-serving state official in the nation.{{cite news |author= |date=19 January 1940 |title=Frank C. Jordan, Dean Of State Officials, Dies |url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SBS19400119.1.1&srpos=24&e=------194-en--20--21-byDA-txt-txIN-%22frank+jordan%22----1940---#documentdisplayleftpanedocumentleveltabcontent |work=The San Bernardino Sun |location=San Bernardino |access-date=23 August 2024}} His son, Frank M. Jordan, was elected to succeed him in 1942, the first man in the history of California to be elected to succeed his father in a state constitutional office.{{cite book|title=California Blue Book|date=1946}}