Franz Sylvester Jordan (1792–1861) was a German
politician and
lawyer
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.
Born on 30 December 1792 in Omes, near
Axams in
Austria, Jordan went to school at the
Wilhelmsgymnasium in
Munich. After studying
jurisprudence and
cameralism at the universities of
Vienna and
Landshut
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, he became a professor of
constitutional law at the
University of Marburg in 1821.
Jordan contributed significantly to the drafting of the constitution of 1830 and thus the creation of the
Hessian
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Diet.
However, he got into conflict with the state government and was placed under police surveillance. He was arrested in 1839 under suspicion of being part of the
Frankfurter Wachensturm six years earlier and was later sentenced to five years in prison. After two years in prison in
Marburg, the supreme court of appeal in
Kassel
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lifted the ruling and Jordan was freed.
Jordan served 10 months as a member of the
Frankfurt Parliament between 18 July 1848 and 20 May 1849. He died on 15 April 1861 in Kassel.
References
1792 births
1861 deaths
University of Vienna alumni
Academic staff of the University of Marburg
19th-century German lawyers
Members of the Frankfurt Parliament
People from Innsbruck-Land District
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