 In March 1933 came his appointment as Plenipotentiary for the Province of Saxony in the Reichsrat and in November 1933 his election as a member of the Reichstag.On 20 April 1937, Adolf Hitler personally appointed him "Reichsstatthalter" (Reich Governor) in Braunschweig and Anhalt and NSDAP Gauleiter of Magdeburg-Anhalt.Jordan was succeeded as Gauleiter of Halle-Merseburg by Joachim Albrecht Eggeling.