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  James Harlan (senator) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
James Harlan (August 26, 1820 – October 5, 1899) was a member of the United States Senate and a U.S. Cabinet Secretary.
Harlan represented the state of Iowa in the Senate as a member of the Free Soil Party in 1855.
From 1853 to 1855, Harlan was president of Iowa Wesleyan University in Mount Pleasant, Iowa.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/James_Harlan_(senator)   (219 words)

  
 James Harlan
James Harlan was born in Clark County, Illinois, on August 26, 1820.
Harlan was a close friend of President Lincoln and was appointed secretary of the interior during the president's second term.
The last years of Harlan's political career were spent in controversy because of false accusations of corruption while he served as secretary of the interior.
www.aoc.gov /cc/art/nsh/harlan.cfm   (224 words)

  
 James Harlan (senator) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
James Harlan (August 26, 1820 – October 5, 1899) was a member of the (The upper house of the United States Congress) United States Senate and a U.S. Cabinet Secretary.
Harlan represented the state of (A state in midwestern United States) Iowa in the Senate as a member of the (A former political party in the United States; formed in 1848 to oppose the extension of slavery into the territories; merged with the Liberty Party in 1848) Free Soil Party in 1855.
Harlan was a good friend of the (Capital of the state of Nebraska; located in southeastern Nebraska; site of the University of Nebraska) Lincoln family.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/j/ja/james_harlan_(senator).htm   (276 words)

  
 Honor the fallen: Army Sgt. James W. Harlan
James Harlan spent two decades in the military and reserves, said Kenny Likens, who took his brother to Evansville, Ind., to re-enlist in the service after the 2001 terrorist attacks.
Harlan left for his second tour in February, she said, and had hoped to be home this summer, but no definite return date had been set.
Harlan is survived by five children, ranging in age from 11 to 26 years old.
www.militarycity.com /valor/257339.html   (553 words)

  
 Harlan Family
The family genealogy is documented in "The History and Genealogy of the Harlan Family" by Alpheus Harlan, originally published in 1914.
The first Harlans to immigrate to the American colonies were brothers, George and Michael who came to William Penn's Colony at New Castle, Delaware in 1687.
That his children were baptized and recorded therein is fully established by the fact that the earliest record we have of his son, George, is that he was "Baptised at the Monastery Monkwearmouth* in Oald England." We have no record giving the name of the wife and mother.
www.hill-ky.org /Harlan_Family.htm   (508 words)

  
 Harlan, John Marshall
Harlan, John Marshall '20 (1899-1971), was the eighth Princeton graduate to serve as Justice of the United States Supreme Court.
Harlan was called a ``lawyer's judge'' as well as a ``judge's judge.'' His opinions were so closely reasoned and so clearly written that lawyers often turned to him first for a succinct, fair statement of the issues.
Harlan was admired by his associates for his integrity, his modesty, his gentle humor and, in his last years (when he wrote some of his most notable opinions), for the courage with which he met the challenge of seriously failing eyesight.
etc.princeton.edu /CampusWWW/Companion/harlan_john.html   (753 words)

  
 Genealogy of the Harlan Family by Alpheus Harlan
James HARLAN was born on 19 Aug 1692 in New Castle County, Delaware.
James and Elizabeth had ten children: (It is not known if the children after Jacob are in the correct order.) He was married to Elizabeth in 1715 in Kennet, Chester, Pennsylvania.
James HARLAN was born on 19 Oct 1703 in Kennet, Chester, Pennsylvania.
www.harlanfamily.org /alph.htm   (2771 words)

  
 Centre College Encyclopedia - John Marshall Harlan
John Marshall Harlan, U.S. Supreme Court justice, was born on June 1, 1833, the fifth son of nine children of James Harlan, Kentucky lawyer- politician, and Elizabeth Shannon (Davenport) Harlan.
Colonel Harlan served well at the Battle of Mill Springs in January 1862 and in the advance on Corinth, Mississippi, in 1862, but it was Harlan's victory over Confederate cavalry commander John Hunt Morgan at Rolling Fork River Bridge on December 29, 1862, that made his reputation during the war.
Harlan had opposed the elections of Lincoln and the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments, but he accepted the amendments as central to the restoration of the Union when he became a Radical Republican.
www.centre.edu /web/library/ency/h/harlan.html   (964 words)

  
 American President
James Harlan was born in Clark County, Illinois, in 1820.
Harlan also studied the law and was admitted to the bar in 1850, the same year he declined the Whig nomination to become governor of Iowa.
Harlan was reelected again in 1860 but did not serve out his full term, for in 1865 President Abraham Lincoln tapped him to become secretary of the interior following the resignation of John Palmer Usher.
www.americanpresident.org /history/andrewjohnson/cabinet/SecretaryoftheInterior/JamesHarlan/h_index.shtml   (322 words)

  
 The John Marshall Harlan Collection - Harlan's Great Dissent
His father, James, was a lawyer and politician who served two terms in Congress in the 1830's and later held several public offices in Kentucky, among them secretary of state and attorney general.
Harlan commanded a Kentucky regiment that was celebrated for helping rout the forces of Confederate raider John Hunt Morgan in 1862.
Harlan swore they were, and once he joined the Court in December 1877, he no doubt felt a need to prove it.
www.louisville.edu /library/law/harlan/harlthom.html   (2732 words)

  
 Untitled
Third Generation Thomas James, and his wife, Elizabeth James, may have been the first of the family to become Quakers at a time in England when it was often dangerous to admit that one was a Quaker.
Isaac James, the next in line, said that he was born in Virginia according to the cencuses of 1850, 1860, and 1870.
John James, married Mary Evans Seventh Generation Isaac James, the fifth child of Moses and Mary, was born we think on March 1, 1790 in Virginia.
www.jamesfamilyhistory.com /harlan_research.html   (2375 words)

  
 Famous Kentuckian: John Marshall Harlan, US Supreme Court Justice, Kentucky Attorney General
Born in Boyle County, KY in 1833, John Marshall Harlan was the descendent of a family with deep roots in the foundation of Kentucky.
Harlan's great-grandfather James Harlan and great-great-uncle Silas Harlan canoed down the Ohio River along with James Harrod who, on this very trip, founded Fort Harrod which later became Harrodsburg.
Harlan's father James Harlan was born at Harlan Station but later left and became a very respected lawyer, practicing mainly in and around Harrodsburg.
coekate.murraystate.edu /kate/2004/august/harlan   (1117 words)

  
 JAMES HARLAN - LoveToKnow Article on JAMES HARLAN
He was presiding judge of the court of commissioners of Alabama claims (1882-1885).
HARLAN, JOHN MARSHALL (1833), American jurist, was born in Boyle county, Kentucky, on the 1st of June 1833.
He graduated at Centre College, Danville, Ky., in 1850, and at the law department of Transylvania University, Lexington, in 1853.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /H/HA/HARLAN_JAMES.htm   (396 words)

  
 Joseph Harlan
Joseph Harlan, in the ninety-sixth year of his age, having been born in Chester County, Pennsylvania in the month of April 1760.
Harlan became concerned upon the subject of religion; and though much has been said about our heterodoxy, he was not detained from coming to us, and conversing with us upon the subject of religion, and asking us to baptise him.
James White Harlan, and his family, who have o long watched over him and so affectionately ministered to his wants.
www.hill-ky.org /Joseph_Harlan.htm   (550 words)

  
 Atlas of Lewis and Clark in Missouri James Harlan & James Denny
Atlas of Lewis and Clark in Missouri James Harlan and James Denny
James D. Harlan is Senior Research Specialist and Assistant Program Director for the Geographic Resources Center with the University of Missouri's Department of Geography in Columbia.
James M. Denny is a historian for the Missouri Department of Natural Resources in Jefferson City.
www.umsystem.edu /upress/fall2003/harlan.htm   (415 words)

  
 Shelby County DevelopSource in Shelby County: Harlan, Iowa
In 1997, Harlan joined an elite group of technologically advanced communities when it constructed a Metropolitan Area Network, utilizing ATM technology, which provides high-speed data access, running at 155 Megabits per second, which is 100's of times faster than a traditional modem.
The platting of the territory by Dr. A.T. Ault, in August, 1858, for a new town to be known as Harlan, marked the downfall of the rival cities of Simoda and Shelbyville.
Harlan's ISO rating is 5 (highest rating for a volunteer fire dept.).
www.developsource.com /Communities/harlan.htm   (904 words)

  
 More Harlan County Marriages
Harlan Co., KY / lives in Harlan / single Dec 25 George Buckhart age 24 b.
Estes, 30, Harlan and Myrttle Wilson, 18, Harlan Homer Osborne, 19, Cawood, and Daisey Nolan, 17 Cawood John Owens, 27, Lynch, and Iseta House, 19, Lynch Sam McGhee, 32, Harlan and Cora McGhee, 32, Harlan H.
Poff, 21 Harlan and Narciss Jones, 16, Harlan Jerry Davis, colored, 40, Lynch and Bertha Anderson, 30, colored, lynch July 25th 1924-- week of Miss Polly Turner was married to Chad N. Nolen this week here.
www.angelfire.com /tn/jro99/marriag3.html   (2276 words)

  
 Harlan-Lincoln House News
It was built for James Harlan, who was an early president of the college, a U.S. Senator, Secretary of the Department of the Interior, and friend of Lincoln's.
James Harlan's wooden recliner, desk, and game table are among original pieces in the house.
She says, "Because the existing 1876 structure is only a portion remaining of the original Harlan residence, it does not convey the complete story of the day-to-day life of the Harlans and Lincolns.
showcase.netins.net /web/creative/lincoln/news/harlannews.htm   (631 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
JAMES HARLAN, of Frankfort, was born in Mercer county, Kentucky, June 22, 1800, and died in Frankfort, February 18, 1863.
After acquiring a good English education he engaged in mercantile pursuits until reaching manhood, when he studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1823.
One of his sons, James Harlan, became a judge of the circuit court at Louisville, and another, John Marshall Harlan, associate justice of the United States supreme court.
www.rootsweb.com /~kygenweb/kybiog/franklin/harlan.j.txt   (147 words)

  
 Community
Among James Harlan's nine children was John Caldwell Harlan(844), who became a postmaster of Harrodsburgh and a large meatpacker and dealer in livestock.
James Harlan certainly met the standards of his time and of his home state, which sent him back to the Senate in 1866.
Members of the Harlan family acquired a large part of the Big Sur where they had a cattle ranch and practiced sound conservation until finally agreeing in the 20th century to turn it over to the government to be part of the Big Sur public park.
www.molalla.net /~ethernet/community.html   (3329 words)

  
 Harlan Cousins
James Harlan, George Harlan #3 and Elizabeth Duck; Ezekiel Harlan #5 and Ruth Buffington; Daniel Leonard and Ruth Harlan #27; Daniel Leonard Jr.
James Harlan#1, George Harlan#3, Moses Harlan#7, Rebecca Harlan #35, Rachel Blackburn #158, Sarah Hammond #594
George Harlan (3), James Harlan (11), Jacob Harlan (48), George Harlan (220), Benjamin Harlan (873), Sarah Ann Harlan (2960), George Henry Harlan (3095) and (2960-1), Allen Dorset Harlan (3095-1) and (2960-11), George Henry Harlan (3095-12) and (2960-112), Gerry Harlan Lundgren (3095-122) and (2960-1122).
www.harlanfamily.org /cousins.htm   (5725 words)

  
 JAMES WILSON (1742-1798) - LoveToKnow Article on JAMES WILSON (1742-1798)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
A revised edition in two volumes with notes by James D. Andrews was published in Chicago in 1896.
(Washington, 1894); J. McMaster and F. Stone, Pennsylvania and the Federal 'Constitution, 1787-1788 (Philadelphia, 1888); L. Alexander (ed.), James Wilson (Philadelphia, 1908), a biographical sketch entitled " James Wilson, Nation-Builder," by L. Alexander, in the Green Bag, vol.
183 (1906); Justice J. Harlan, "James Wilson and the Formation of the Constitution," in the American Law Review, vol.
87.1911encyclopedia.org /W/WI/WILSON_JAMES_1742_1798_.htm   (839 words)

  
 Harlan Family Store
This definitive documentation of Harlan genealogy was first published in 1914 after more that thirty years of research by Mr.
When the Harlan Family in America was established to celebrate the tricentennial of George and Michael's arrival in America, the family supported the reprinting of this very valuable work.
The title of the song was also chosen to be the Harlan slogan and part of the new Harlan logo.
www.harlanfamily.org /store.htm   (904 words)

  
 James Simpson HARLAN/Rebecca ETTER
Name: Alice Annie HARLAN Born: 15 AUG 1857 at: Clinton Falls, Putnam, IN, USA/Putnam Co., IN Married: ABT.
Name: George Orvel HARLAN Born: 13 MAR 1877 at: Clinton Falls, Putnam, IN, USA/Putnam Co., IN Married: at: Died: 19 FEB 1881 at: Clinton Falls, Putnam, IN, USA Spouses:
Name: Rebecca Catherine HARLAN Born: 24 APR 1883 at: Clinton Falls, Putnam, IN, USA/Putnam Co., IN Married: at: Died: at: Spouses: John Andrew KLEPPER
www.stormpages.com /elschram/famfiles/fam03113.htm   (162 words)

  
 Chronicle: Insight: Portraits of Sacrifice   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Staff Sgt. Harlan died May 14 in a suicide bomber attack in Iraq.
His oldest son, James Bryan Harlan, said his father loved the military.
The tour was James Harlan's second since the invasion of Iraq, said his sister-in-law, Kelly Likens.
www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/news/iraq/profile?sort=&ord=&o=1130&term=&listoffset=1100   (177 words)

  
 File Cabinet
Joseph was the father of James White Harlan.
James was the son of Joseph Harlan and Tabitha Goolsby.
Thomas was the son of James White Harlan.
www.hill-ky.org /File_Cabinet.htm   (674 words)

  
 ohiohistory.org / The African American Experience in Ohio, 1850-1920 / Men of Mark   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
In 1875, Harlan raised a battalion of 400 African-Americans and was commissioned as a Colonel by President Rutherford B. Hayes.
Harlan's unit was the forerunner of the 94th Ohio Battalion.
As a member of the Ohio Legislature in 1886, Harlan worked to obtain the repeal of the "Black Laws".
dbs.ohiohistory.org /africanam/page.cfm?ID=5552   (115 words)

  
 Harlan Record Fall 2005
James’ independent spirit, however, was but a minor hiccup in her life’s story.
She remained responsible for the care of three children, James, Jehu, and Isabela, but she was without a husband or a job (there were few good jobs for women outside the home in those days).
Robert James Harlan (1816-1897) lived in the Harlan household, was light-skinned and was treated differently than the family’s other slaves.
www.harlanfamily.org /record.htm   (5594 words)

  
 Original Artwork: Mark Schuler: James Harlan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Harlan was a man to be listened to.
In the Senate, Harlan became known for his skillful debating, and when he spoke, he called out the ablest Democrats of his day in reply.
A close friend of President Lincoln, Harlan was appointed Secretary of the Interior during Lincoln's second term.
www.windriverstudios.com /EB5TB6EW.htm   (463 words)

  
 James Harlan
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HARLAN, James, statesman, born in Clarke county, Illinois, 25 August, 1820.
He was graduated at the Indiana Asbury university in 1845, held the office of superintendent of public instruction in Iowa in 1847, and was president of Iowa Wesleyan university in 1853.
www.famousamericans.net /jamesharlan1   (421 words)

  
 Pulp and Dagger -- Editorial #37
The next thing you know, the question ceases to be merely an interesting diversion and you find yourself in a court of law accusing someone of...
During the pre-release hype for the movie The Terminator, Canadian director James Cameron made the mistake of stating, in an interview, that he had been inspired by two episodes of the old Outer Limits TV series -- "Demon With a Glass Hand" and "Soldier", both written by famed SF author Harlan Ellison.
Harlan Ellison, on the other hand, was my hero solely on the basis of two works: the Star Trek episode "The City on the Edge of Forever" and his short SF story, "Life Hutch".
www.pulpanddagger.com /pulpmag/editorial37.html   (2253 words)

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