Barbara Jordan Autographs
Barbara Charline Jordan (February 21, 1936 – January 17, 1996) was an American lawyer, educator, and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, she was the first African American elected to the Texas Senate since Reconstruction, the first southern African-American woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, and one of the first two African Americans elected to the U.S. House from the former Confederacy since 1901, alongside Andrew Young of Georgia.
Jordan achieved fame for delivering a powerful opening statement at the House Judiciary Committee hearings during the impeachment process against Richard Nixon. In 1976, she became the first African American, and the first woman, to deliver a keynote address at a Democratic National Convention. Jordan is also known for her work as chair of the U.S. Commission on Immigration Reform. She received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, among numerous other honors. She was the first African-American woman to be buried in the Texas State Cemetery.
Barbara Charline Jordan was born in Houston, Texas's Fifth Ward. Jordan's childhood was centered on church life at the Good Hope Missionary Baptist Church. Her mother was Arlyne Patten Jordan, a teacher in the church and a maid. Her father was Benjamin Jordan, a Baptist preacher and a warehouse worker. Jordan would recite poetry at the church and would sing gospel music with her sisters. In 1949, Jordan's father joined the Greater Pleasant Hill Baptist Church as the full-time pastor.
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Traded items with a signature of Barbara Jordan
The most expensive item with a signature of Barbara Jordan (Type 1 Barbara Jordan Signed Photograph and Signed Letter Civil Rights Autograph) was sold in May 2026 for $575.00 while the cheapest item (Barbara Jordan Signed Envelope) found a new owner for $0.99 in May 2010. The month with the most items sold (3) was October 2013 with an average selling price of $19.00 for an autographed item of Barbara Jordan. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in January 2017 with $250.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.99 was September 2008. In average, an autographed item from Barbara Jordan is worth $22.99.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Barbara Jordan were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | BARBARA JORDAN [former D-TX] hand-signed CARING PEOPLE MAGAZINE - SUMMER 1992 | $24.39 |  |
| BARBARA JORDAN [former D-TX] hand-signed CARING PEOPLE MAGAZINE - SUMMER 1992 | $24.39 | |
| Barbara Jordan Autograph ~ Typed Congressional Letter Signed - 1978 | $65.00 | |
| Barbara Jordan Signed Autographed 3x5 Card JSA Certified | $99.99 | |
| Barbara Jordan Signed Autographed 3x5 Card JSA Certified | $99.99 | |
| BARBARA JORDAN: d 1996 Signed, Texas Representative, signed 8x10 photo | $81.96 | |
| BARBARA JORDAN: d 1996 Signed, Texas Representative, signed 8x10 photo | $81.96 | |
 | RARE Vintage Barbara Jordan Texas Representative SIGNED AUTOGRAPHED Photo Letter | $155.80 | |
| RARE Vintage Barbara Jordan Texas Representative SIGNED AUTOGRAPHED Photo Letter | $155.80 | |
| Signed & Framed Barbara Jordan Photograph | $24.00 | |
| Signed & Framed Barbara Jordan Photograph | $24.00 | |
| SIGNED by BARBARA JORDAN Congressional LETTER & ENVELOPE 1975 House of Rep. | $79.99 | |
| SIGNED by BARBARA JORDAN Congressional LETTER & ENVELOPE 1975 House of Rep. | $79.99 | |
| SIGNED FDC THE LATE BARBARA JORDAN ELOQUENT-LEGENDARY SPEAKER--COA | $59.00 | |
| SIGNED FDC THE LATE BARBARA JORDAN ELOQUENT-LEGENDARY SPEAKER--COA | $59.00 | |
