David Lee Jordan | |
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Member of the Mississippi Senate from the 24th district | |
Assumed office 1993 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Leflore County, Mississippi, U.S. | April 3, 1933
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse | Christine Bell Jordan |
Residence | Greenwood, Mississippi |
Alma mater | University of Wyoming Mississippi Valley State University |
Occupation | Politician, educator |
David Lee Jordan (born April 3, 1933)[1] is an American politician who is currently a Democratic member of the Mississippi State Senate, representing the 24th District since 1993. Jordan is the son of a sharecropper who participated in the Civil Rights Movement, and worked for 33 years as a schoolteacher in Mississippi public schools.[2]