John Marshall Harlan

Judge John Marshall Harlan

Personal

Birthday:

6/1/1833

Birthplace:

Boyle County, KY

Date of Death:

10/14/1911

Place of Death:

Washington, DC

Race or Ethnicity:

White

Gender:

Male

Prior Employment:

Private practice, Frankfort, Kentucky, 1853-1861
City attorney, Frankfort, Kentucky, 1854-1858
Judge, Franklin County [Kentucky] Court, 1858
Private practice, Louisville, Kentucky, 1861, 1867-1877
U.S. Army colonel, 10th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, 1861-1863
Attorney general, State of Kentucky, 1863-1867
Member, commission to settle the dispute over Louisiana legislative elections, 1877

Education

Name of School:

Centre College

Degree:

B.A.

Degree Year:

1850

Name of School - Second:

Transylvania University Law Department

Name of School - Third:

Read law

Degree Year - Third:

1853

Judicial Career

Court Name:

Supreme Court of the United States

Court Name:

Supreme Court of the United States

President Nominating:

Rutherford B. Hayes

Party Affiliation of President:

Republican

Commission Date:

11/29/1877

Termination Date:

10/14/1911

Termination Reason:

Death

Bankruptcy and Magistrate Services:

Allotment as Circuit Justice:
Seventh Circuit, April 22, 1878-December 18, 1892, April 2, 1894-February 2, 1896
First Circuit, May 2, 1881-January 29, 1882
Fifth Circuit, May 27, 1887-January 22, 1888
Fourth Circuit, April 2, 1888-December 16, 1888
Sixth Circuit, May 13, 1889-March 9, 1890, February 3, 1896-October 14, 1911
Third Circuit, February 1, 1892-October 16, 1892