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OVERVIEW:
FULL NAME:
John Marshall Harlan
BORN:
June 1, 1833;
Boyle County, Kentucky
DIED:
October 14, 1911 (age 78)
Washington, DC
EDUCATION:
Transylvania University Law Department
Centre College (BA, 1850)
Read Law (1853)
POLITICAL PARTY:
Whig (before 1854)
Know Nothing (1854–1858)
Opposition (1858–1860)
Constitutional Union (1860–1864)
Democratic (1864–1868)
Republican (1868–1911)
HIGHLIGHTS:
1853-1861:
Practiced Law in Frankfort, Kentucky
1854-1858:
City Attorney; Frankfort, Kentucky
1858:
Judge, Franklin County Court (Kentucky)
1861:
Practiced Law in Louisville, Kentucky
1861-1863:
U.S. Army Colonel, 10th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry
1863-1867:
Attorney General of Kentucky
1867-1877:
Practiced Law in Louisville, Kentucky
1877:
Member, Commission Regarding Louisiana Legislative Elections,
1877-1911:
Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court
BIOGRAPHIES:
Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
Congressional Quarterly
Supreme Court Historical Society
Oyez
Wikipedia
PORTRAIT:
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