William Hamilton McWhorter Jordan was an American politician who served as Chief of Staff to President of the United States Jimmy Carter.
15 Facts About Hamilton Jordan
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Hamilton Jordan attended the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia, where he was a member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity.
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In 1970, at the age of 26, Hamilton Jordan ran Jimmy Carter's successful gubernatorial campaign, which included a Democratic primary election fight against former Governor Carl Sanders and a less eventful general election against the Republican Hal Suit.
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Years later, Hamilton Jordan's memo served as the "game plan" for Carter's 1976 presidential bid.
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Hamilton Jordan played a powerful role in the formulation of election strategies and government policies.
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Hamilton Jordan denied it ever took place in his memoir No Such Thing as a Bad Day.
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Hamilton Jordan was cleared in 1981 by special prosecutor Gerald J Gallinghouse, a Republican former US Attorney who had earlier prosecuted corruption in the Louisiana state government.
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In 1986, Hamilton Jordan ran for the Democratic nomination for one of Georgia's seats in the United States Senate.
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Hamilton Jordan lost the primary to Representative Wyche Fowler, who went on to win the general election against the Republican incumbent Mack Mattingly.
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Hamilton Jordan was portrayed by Kyle Chandler in the 2012 film Argo.
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Hamilton Jordan was chief executive of the Association of Tennis Professionals when they took control of the professional men's world tennis tour in 1990, replacing the Men's Tennis Council.
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Hamilton Jordan authored the book No Such Thing as a Bad Day in 2000.
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Hamilton Jordan was an honorary board member of the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation.
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Hamilton Jordan died on May 20,2008, aged 63, from peritoneal mesothelioma, which he believed resulted from his exposure to asbestos during his volunteer service in Vietnam.
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Hamilton Jordan had survived several other forms of cancer earlier in his life, including diffuse histiocytic non-Hodgkin lymphoma, melanoma, and prostate cancer.