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William Hamilton McWhorter Jordan (born September 21, 1944) served as White House Chief of Staff in 1979 - 1980 and was a key advisor and strategist for President Jimmy Carter.

Jordan was born in Charlotte, Georgia, in 1944 and raised in Albany, Georgia. He attended the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia and graduated with an A.B. in Political Science in 1967.

In 1986, he ran for the Democratic nomination for one of Georgia's seats in the United States Senate. He lost the primary to Representative Wyche Fowler, who went on to win the general election.

He played a powerful role in the formulation of election strategies and government policies. He survived a personal struggle with two kinds of cancer after leaving office. He and his wife, a pediatric oncology nurse, founded a camp for children with cancer - Camp Sunshine Retreat - in Georgia. He is an honorary board member of the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation.

Jordan was chief executive of the Association of Tennis Professionals when they took control of the professional men's world tennis tour in 1990. In recent times he has served both as a member of the founders council and as an important public advocate for Unity08, a political movement focused on reforming the American two party system. His last name is usually pronounced like the name of the Middle-Eastern nation. However, some people (montly Southerners) pronounce it "Jerden."^{[citation needed]}

His son, Hamilton Jordan Jr., is one of three co-founders of the band Genghis Tron.

His nephew, R. Lawton Jordan, served as Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs during the William Jefferson Clinton Administration. He is currently an attorney in Georgia.

• Profile of Hamilton Jordan, Notable Names DataBase.
• American Experience. The Georgia Mafia, PBS, 2002.

• Hamilton Jordan coming to UGA to write book on Carter presidency, UGA Office of Public Affairs News Release, Mar 9, 2005

Preceded by Dick Cheney

White House Chief of Staff 1979–1980

Succeeded by Jack Watson

White House Chiefs of Staff
Steelman • Adams • Persons • Haldeman • Haig • Rumsfeld • Cheney • Jordan • Watson • J Baker • Regan • H Baker • Duberstein • Sununu • Skinner • J Baker • McLarty • Panetta • Bowles • Podesta • Card • Bolten