John Tenny Jordan was an American politician who served as the Mayor of Seattle from 1871 to 1872 and again in 1873. Jordan arrived in Seattle around 1860 to work as a stonemason and plasterer, playing a key role in building the first campus of the University of Washington in modern Downtown Seattle. He was elected as the city's first police marshal in 1869 and served on the common council in 1870.
- Occupation
- politician
- Born
- 1832, January 1, 1832
- Died
- March 3, 1886
