JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<table>
 <tr id="a"><td>A</td></tr>
 <tr id="d"><td>D</td></tr>
 <tr id="e"><td>E</td></tr>
 <tr id="b"><td>B</td></tr>
 <tr id="c"><td>C</td></tr>
</table>

JavaScript

var tds = $('table tr').after(function(a,b){
    return $('td:eq(0)',a).text() > $('td:eq(0)',b).text();
});
$('table').html(tds);