James Harlan (congressman)

James Harlan ( born June 22, 1800 Mercer County, Kentucky, † February 18, 1863 in Frankfort, Kentucky ) was an American politician. Between 1835 and 1839 he represented the state of Kentucky in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

James Harlan attended the public schools of his home. Between 1817 and 1821 he acted in textile products. After a subsequent law degree in 1823 and its recent approval as a lawyer, he started working in Harrodsburg in this profession. Between 1829 and 1835 Harlan worked as a prosecutor. Politically, he joined U.S. Senator Henry Clay. In the 1830s he became a member of the Whig party. In the congressional elections of 1834 he was in the fifth electoral district of Kentucky in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Robert Letcher on March 4, 1835. After a re-election in 1836 he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1839 two legislative sessions.

Between 1840 and 1844 Harlan was managing as Secretary of State official of the State Government of Kentucky. In 1845 he was elected to the House of Representatives of his State. After that, he was from 1850 to 1859 Attorney General in Kentucky. Since 1861 until his death in February 1863 Harlan served as United States Attorney for Kentucky.

James Harlan was married since 1822 with Eliza Shannon Davenport ( 1805-1870 ). The couple had nine children. Among them was the son of John Marshall Harlan (1833-1911), who was 1877-1911 Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.

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