| LC control no. | n 79108162 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Harlan, James, 1800-1863 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Located | Harrodsburg (Ky.) Frankfort (Ky.) |
| Birth date | 1800-06-22 |
| Death date | 1863-02-18 |
| Place of birth | Danville (Ky.) |
| Place of death | Frankfort (Ky.) |
| Affiliation | United States. Congress. House Kentucky. General Assembly. House of Representatives |
| Profession or occupation | Congressmen Attorneys Secretaries of State Attorneys general |
| Found in | Ky. Laws, statutes, etc. Code of practice in civil cases for the State of Ky., 1854 (a.e.) t.p. (James Harlan) NUCMC files (Harlan, James, 1800-1863) DAB (Harlan, James; 1800-1863; Kentucky lawyer & legislator; congressman; s. James & Sarah (Caldwell) Harlan; Whig Party leader in Ky.; father of John Marshall Harlan; assoc. just., US Supreme Ct.) Kentucky encyclopedia, ©1992: page 406 (James Harlan born June 22, 1800 at Harlan Station, Danville, Kentucky. Studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1823 and established a practice in Harrodsburg. Served as commonwealth's attorney during 1829-1835. Elected twice to the U. S. House of Representative March 4, 1835-March 3, 1839. Became secretary of state in Kentucky in 1840; elected to the Kentucky House in 1845 and attorney general of the commonwealth in 1851. Appointed U.S. district attorney of Kentucky in 1861 by President Lincoln where he served until his death February 18, 1863 in Frankfort, Ky.) |
| Associated language | eng |
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