Orson Jordan

Orson Jordan (b. c. 1905) was a tall blonde Mormon from Utah.

In 1941, shortly after the outbreak of the Second Great War, Jordan arrived in Philadelphia as an unofficial representative of Governor Heber Young. He arranged a meeting with Congresswoman Flora Blackford and informed her of Governor Young's concerns over the possible movement of U.S. troops through the state or of them being stationing there. He indicated that Utahans had a right to be touchy about the issue.

Blackford responded that the rest of the U.S. also had a right to be touchy about Mormons. However, she agreed to pass the Governor's concerns to President Al Smith which she did. Smith's reaction was one of outrage and he indicated that he had been "taken for a ride" by Jake Featherston and he wouldn't let Young do the same. Blackford was concerned that Smith was reacting too strongly to compensate for Featherston's deception but didn't say anything.

In the event, Governor Young failed to restrain the radical elements and had to flee to Colorado when they rose up with help from the Confederates.