Frank Morrill Jordan was the 22nd Secretary of State of California. He was the son of Frank C. Jordan, California's Secretary of State from 1911-1940. When the younger Jordan defeated interim appointee Paul Peek in 1942, he became the first man in the history of California to be elected to succeed his father in a constitutional state office. His early death in office is notable for indirectly launching the career of Jerry Brown, and he suggested that blue and gold be made the official colors of the state of California.
A veteran of the First World War, Jordan held an early job with the Automobile Association of California and ran his own general insurance agency before joining his father's staff.
After delayed returns in the 1960 presidential election due to hand counting, Jordan championed legislation requiring mandatory use of voting machines. In 1964, he proposed statewide vote-by-mail, but this was not adopted. Jordan's efforts to mandate machine counting spurred development in computing systems in what became Silicon Valley.