Edwin J. Jorden was born in
Spring Hill, near
Towanda, Pennsylvania. He attended the common schools and
Keystone Academy. He graduated from the
State Normal School at
Mansfield, Pennsylvania. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1888 and commenced practice in
Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania. Jorden was elected as a Republican to the
Fifty-third Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of
Myron B. Wright and served from February 23 until March 4, 1895 (10 days). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1894. He resumed the practice of his profession and died in Tunkhannock in 1903. Interment in Sunnyside Cemetery. ==Sources==