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JOHN MARSHALL
HARLAN was born in Boyle County, Kentucky, on June 1,
1833. He was graduated from Centre College in 1850 at
the age of seventeen. Harlan studied law at Transylvania
University for two years and read law in his father’s
law office. In 1853, he was admitted to the bar and began
to practice law. In 1858, Harlan served for one year at
Franklin County Judge. He ran for the United States House
of Representatives in 1859 but was narrowly defeated.
During the Civil War, Harlan joined the Union Army and
served as an officer. In 1863, Harlan resigned his commission
and was elected Attorney general of Kentucky, serving
for four years. He was the Republican candidate for Governor
of Kentucky in 1875. President Rutherford B. Hayes nominated
Harlan to the Supreme Court of the United States on October
17, 1877. The Senate confirmed the appointment on November
29, 1877. While on the Court, Harlan was appointed by
President Benjamin Harrison in 1892 to represent the United
States in the arbitration with Great Britain over fishing
rights in the Bering Sea. Harlan served on the Supreme
Court for thirty-four years, a tenure exceeded by one
four other Justices. He died on October 14, 1911, at the
age of seventy-eight. |
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