JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<table>
<tr><td>Beta</td><td>2</td></tr>
<tr><td>Omega</td><td>4</td></tr>
<tr><td>Aplha</td><td>1</td></tr>
<tr><td>Gamma</td><td>3</td></tr>
</table>

JavaScript

$(document).ready( function () {
    tbody = $('table').find('tbody');

    tbody.find('tr').sort(function(a, b) {
       return $('td:first', a).text().localeCompare($('td:first', b).text());
    }).appendTo(tbody);
});