Jordan Cravens

★ U.S. Representative

Born: November 7, 1830
Died: April 8, 1914
Age at death: 83
Home state: Arkansas
Party: Democratic
On the ballot: 1876–1880

Career timeline

1876Rep 1878Rep 1880Rep

3-0

RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Cravens31,260

Opponents33,224

Elections run

Between 1876 and 1880, Jordan Cravens ran in 3 U.S. House elections, winning all 3. Cravens's biggest single-election total was 15,781 votes, in the 1880 U.S. House election in Arkansas's District 3. Cravens's closest win came in the 1876 U.S. House election in Arkansas's District 3, decided by 261 votes.

Browse every U.S. House race in Arkansas's District 3 or all 1880 U.S. House races.

How many votes has Jordan Cravens received?

Jordan Cravens has received 31,260 popular votes across 3 U.S. elections, with a career record of 3–0.

Election history

Jordan Cravens’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1880	U.S. HouseArkansas	Won	15,78157.74%	Boles
1878	U.S. HouseArkansas	Won	7,20251.19%	Rice (head-to-head)
1876	U.S. HouseArkansas	Won	8,27735.86%	McClure Stuart Rice (head-to-head) Dell

Identity & sources. Identity verified against the Congressional Bioguide (C000885) and Wikidata (Q1703613). Election results come from official certified totals and the MIT Election Data and Science Lab; see methodology.

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Compiled by PolitiFinder. Election results from official certified sources and the MIT Election Lab. See Data & sources and methodology. Data last verified July 28, 2026.