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	James Harlan (senator) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Harlan represented the state of Iowa in the Senate as a member of the Free Soil Party in 1855.
		He was then re-elected to the Senate by the Iowa legislature as a Republican and continued to hold the Senate seat until 1865 when he resigned to become Secretary of the Interior under President Andrew Johnson, an office he held until 1866.
		From 1853 to 1855, Harlan was president of Iowa Wesleyan University in Mount Pleasant, Iowa.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/James_Harlan_(Iowa_Senator) (219 words)

	James Harlan (senator) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		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 (264 words)

	History of Iowa, Bio's.
		JAMES HARLAN was born in Clarke County, Illinois, August 26, 1820.
		Harlan resigned his seat in the Cabinet and in January, 1866, was again elected to the Senate for six years.
		Senator Halan in a calm, able and statesmanlike address, made a masterly reply in vindication of President Grant and his patriotic services to the country in civil and military affairs, and the wisdom of the policy that would have given to the Nation one of the most important and productive islands of the West Indies.
	iagenweb.org /history/hoi/HOI4BioH1.htm (6541 words)

	Chapter 1: The Committee is Created: 1825-1857 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Senator John Rowan of Kentucky opposed including agriculture among standing committees because he felt that agriculture was outside "the scope of the powers" of the Senate.
		Senator Philip Allen of Rhode Island, Chairman of the Committee, in March 1854, moved that the Senate appoint a clerk for the Agriculture Committee.
		Senator Weller questioned the necessity of appointing a clerk for a committee that met "two or three times during a session of Congress." Senator Allen defended his proposition as being only temporary, for the assistance of the Committee only in the business before it, and not for the entire session.
	www.access.gpo.gov /congress/senate/sen_agriculture/ch1.html (2614 words)

	Harlan Record
		Harlans came from all corners of the country to get reaquainted with family members they had met at the 300th reunion, to meet new Harlans and to share a special time with their immediate families.
		The history of the Harlan family was recounted by Louis Harlan, (MD) as he read a paper he wrote, "The Harlan Family in America: A Brief History", documenting the highlights of the Harlan family from the immigration of George and Michael to the present day.
		James Harlan's granddaughters, Mary (better known as Mamie) and Jessie Lincoln, were initiated in Chapter Original A in Mt. Pleasant in the early years of the organization, providing a link between P.E.O. and the Harlan-Lincoln family of Mt. Pleasant, Iowa.
	www.harlanfamily.org /record12.htm (4933 words)

	James Harlan
		Harlan had been for some time engaged in the study of law, in his intervals of leisure, and now applied himself to it more closely, and was admitted to the bar in 1848.
		Harlan did not deem it proper, in the disturbed condition of public affairs, to make it peremptory, and, in accordance with the President's expressed desire, and the demands of the national welfare, resigned his scat in the Senate, and entered on the discharge of the duties of' the position, May 15th, 1865.
		Harlan's great familiarity with the laws pertaining to the department of which he had now become the leading spirit, not only enabled him fully to meet public expectation in the administration of its affairs, but to establish it upon a basis of usefulness, hitherto unknown in its history.
	all-biographies.com /politicians/james_harlan.htm (2283 words)

	The Harlan Home
		Built by Senator James Harlan, it was occupied by him for may years, and during the latter decades of his life it was also the home of the son and grandchildren of Abraham Lincoln.
		Harlan was among those who stood by the bedside of the stricken President in his dying hour, and remained the friend and comforter of the sorrowing family.
		It was at this time, during a sojourn at the Harlan home in Mount Pleasant, that the memorial of the grandchildren f Abraham Lincoln and James Harlan was written on the brown wooden panel of the old door.
	iagenweb.org /history/palimpsest/sep1931harlanhouse.htm (1470 words)

	Historical Sites of the Harlan Family
		James Harlan built the extant house onto the front of an earlier residence when he returned to Mount Pleasant after his service in Washington, D.C. The house is situated on the north edge of the Iowa Wesleyan College campus, a reminder of James Harlan's presence at the college and community.
		Harlan's daughter, Mary, married Abraham Lincoln's son, Robert Todd Lincoln, in 1868 in Washington, D.C. During the 1870s and 1880s, Mary Harlan Lincoln brought their three children, Mary, Abraham Lincoln II "Jack", and Jessie, to spend summers with the Harlan grandparents.
		Harlans attending Celebration 300 in 1987 were able to tour the house and fondly remember its charm as well as refreshments served by the residents' children.
	www.harlanfamily.org /sites.htm (3623 words)

	Harlan-Lincoln House in Mount Pleasant, Iowa
		James Harlan, best known for his U.S. Senate career, was born in Illinois in 1820.
		During his tenure in the Senate, Harlan maintained a strong anti-slavery position, urging Lincoln to arm the slaves as early as 1862.
		James Harlan built the house in 1876, attaching it to a structure in the rear which dated to 1854 (this part was demolished in 1931).
	showcase.netins.net /web/creative/lincoln/sites/harlan.htm (1036 words)

	Ia. Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		commissioners was Senator James Harlan a former member of Lincolns cabinet, he was also from Mt. Pleasant, Iowa where the idea for the monument was conceived.
		The idea for the monument originated there, James Harlan of the Commission was from there and Harriet Ketcham the designer of the monument was also from there.
		Harlan assumed " that those not invited to sit for the artist will probably all feel without the slightest twinge of envy or jealosy, that they are properly represented by worthy comrades.
	members.aol.com /bsmcgowan/page11.htm (1197 words)

	\| Book Review \| Law and History Review, 18.3 \| The History Cooperative (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		James Oliver Horton and Lois E. Horton's discussion of the impact of the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 on African Americans shows how federal enforcement efforts constituted an "assault" on both free fls and fugitive slaves in the North.
		When Senator Jefferson Davis introduced a series of resolutions protecting slavery in the South in 1860, Republicans ardently championed measures such as the amendment by Iowa Senator James Harlan that would have protected "free discussion of the morality and expediency of slavery" from state infringement.
		Although neither Harlan's amendment nor the resolutions ever passed, Curtis contends that the events and debates surrounding the publication of Helper's book helped Republicans see the need for "a national set of privileges which no state could abridge" (196).
	www.historycooperative.org /journals/lhr/18.3/br_6.html (1017 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)

	Read about James Harlan (senator) at WorldVillage Encyclopedia. Research James Harlan (senator) and learn about James ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Harlan represented the state of Iowa in the Senate as a member of the
		He was then re-elected to the Senate by the Iowa legislature as a Republican and continued to hold the Senate seat until 1865 when he resigned to become
		Walt Whitman, who was working as a clerk in the department, because he found Whitman's book, Leaves of Grass, to be offensive.
	encyclopedia.worldvillage.com /s/b/James_Harlan_%28senator%29 (218 words)

	FURTHERING AMERICAN FREEDOM: CIVIL RIGHTS & THE THIRTEENTH AMENDMENT
		Senator John Calhoun, the leading nineteenth-century states’ rights advocate, refined this proslavery concept into the doctrine of concurrent majorities.
		Senator Charles Sumner’s arguments during the debates on the Kansas-Nebraska Bill were representative of the ideas he also espoused during the Senate debates on the Thirteenth Amendment.
		Senator John Sherman of Ohio regarded the Amendment’s second clause to be the grant of congressional power to actively secure freedpeople their liberty rights “to sue and be sued. . .
	www.bc.edu /schools/law/lawreviews/meta-elements/journals/bclawr/45_2/02_TXT.htm (14433 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 Harlan
		He had been a delegate to the peace convention in 1861, and from 1861 to 1865 was chairman of the Senate committee on public lands.
		He disapproved of President Andrew Johnson's conservative reconstruction policy, retired from the cabinet in August 1866, and from 1867 to 1873 was again a member of the United States Senate.
		One of his principal speeches in the Senate was that which he made in March 1871 in reply to Sumner's and Schurz's attack on President Ulysses S. Grant's Santo Domingan policy.
	www.nndb.com /people/137/000057963 (279 words)

	Robert Todd Lincoln (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The following year he married Mary Eunice Harlan (1846-March 31, 1937), the daughter of Senator James Harlan and Ann Eliza Peck of Mount Pleasant, Iowa.
		In 1877 he turned down President Rutherford B. Hayes' offer to appoint him Assistant Secretary of State but he did accept to become the United States government Secretary of War from 1881 to 1885, serving under Presidents James Garfield and Chester A. Arthur.
		In addition, he served as the ambassador to the United Kingdom from 1889 to 1893 under President Benjamin Harrison after which he returned to private business as the President and Chairman of the Board of the Pullman Palace Car Company where he worked until his retirement in 1922.
	www.bidprobe.com /en/wikipedia/r/ro/robert_todd_lincoln.html (401 words)

	Railroads - The History of Jefferson County, Iowa 1879
		September arrived and was ushered in at sunrise by the firing of cannon, which continued every half-hour until 10 o'clock.
		James W. Grimes, of Des Moines County; after which, on motion, a committee of one from each county society represented was appointed to draft a Constitution and By-laws.
		James W. Grimes by certain citizens of Lee County.
	www.usgennet.org /usa/topic/historical/1879_jefferson/jefferson_51.htm (3916 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 supporting voice, video, and data traffic simultaneously.
		Harlan Muncipal Airport's first in the nation flight breakfast and community spirit that lead voters to increase their taxes as well as provide private donations to support industrial and community expansions (Stamp Aquatic Center, Harlan Municipal Airport, Veterans Auditorium and Harlan Library).
		Harlan Community Library - is a hub of the community offering 50 hours of public access each week.
	www.developsource.com /communities/harlan.asp (935 words)

	Abraham Lincoln declares day of fasting - March 30, 1863
		Senator James Harlan of Iowa, whose daughter married President Lincoln's son Robert, introduced this Resolution in the Senate on March 2, 1863.
		Whereas, the Senate of the United States, devoutly recognizing the Supreme Authority and just Government of Almighty God, in all the affairs of men and of nations, has, by a resolution, requested the President to designate and set apart a day for National prayer and humiliation.
		Now, therefore, in compliance with the request, and fully concurring in the views of the Senate, I do, by this my proclamation, designate and set apart Thursday, the 30th.
	www.sdfa.org /lincoln_b.htm (411 words)

	Gustafson/Women and the Republican Party 1854-1924. Chapter 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Whether or not James Garfield chose to side with Blaine instead of Conkling because of his wife's advice or because of other circumstances, the result of this decision was that his administration became saddled with an intense party factionalism that he could not overcome.
		James G. Blaine, the secretary of state in the Garfield administration and one of the most charismatic men in the Republican party, possessed an ambition to become president that matched that of Kate Chase Sprague's father, Salmon Chase.
		Henry Blackwell was especially angry that the Republican Senate had passed a bill disfranchising the women of Utah the same year that the Republican platform pledged a "respectful consideration" of women's rights demands.
	www.press.uillinois.edu /epub/books/gustafson/ch2.html (12513 words)

	James Harlan (senator) - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		James Harlan (senator) - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
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	Picture History - James Harlan (1820-1899) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		James Harlan's political career was filled with controversy.
		At the beginning of Lincoln's second term, Harlan was appointed secretary of the interior.
		Later that year he was elected to the Senate again until he was defeated in 1872.
	www.picturehistory.com /find/p/2196/mcms.html (141 words)

	Family Tree Maker's Genealogy Site: User Home Page Book: Cherokee Lineages: Register Report of James Harlan
		James Starr became a member of the Treaty Party, which advocated total tribal removal, and with other members he signed the controversial Treaty of 1835.
		James Starr moved to the western Cherokee Nation in 1837.
		Sworn to, Oct. 17, 1818 by Col. James Blair.Emmet Starr lists Annie May as having died with no issue; however, a fellow researcher assures me that Annie May was the mother of at least one child, Elmira Harlan, with Miller applications as supportive documentation.
	www.genealogy.com /users/h/i/c/James-R-Hicks-VA/BOOK-0001/0016-0006.html (690 words)

	Berger, Government by Judiciary: The Transformation of the Fourteenth Amendment ToC: The Online Library of Liberty (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Fourteenth Amendment is the case study par excellence of what Justice Harlan described as the Supreme Court’s “exercise of the amending power,” 1 its continuing revision of the Constitution under the guise of interpretation.
		James Wilson, second only to Madison as an architect of the Constitution, instructed the judge to “remember, that his duty and his business is, not to make the law but to interpret and apply it.” 2 James Wilson, Works 502 (Robert McCloskey ed.
		When desegregation of the District of Columbia schools was under discussion in April 1860, Senator James Harlan of Iowa said, “I know that there is an objection to the association of colored children with white children in the same schools.
	oll.libertyfund.org /Home3/HTML.php?recordID=0003 (11760 words)

	Government by Judiciary: The Transformation of the Fourteenth Amendment - Part 1b: The Online Library of Liberty
		The climate of opinion is reflected by the objection of Senator James Harlan in 1860, when the District of Columbia schools were under discussion, to the association of colored children with white in the same schools.
		Justice Bradley, a contemporary, declared that “the first section of the Bill covers the same ground as the Fourteenth Amendment.” 51 Senator William Stewart explained that the Bill was designed “simply to remove the disabilities” imposed by the Black Codes, “tending to reduce the negro to a system of peonage.
		By a caprice of fortune—the sudden illness of Chairman Fessenden—it fell to Senator Howard to act as spokesman for the Joint Committee in explaining the Amendment.
	oll.libertyfund.org /Texts/LFBooks/Berger0051/GovernmentByJudiciary/HTMLs/0003_Pt03_Part1b.html (10397 words)

	Abraham Lincoln Papers at the Library of Congress. Transcribed and Annotated by the Lincoln Studies Center, Knox ...
		I understand that Senator Lane2 of this State is making an attempt to remove me from the office of Surveyor General of Kansas and Nebraska.
		Probably you may say to me as King James did to the country gentleman at court “The little vessels, that make a figure on the Lake, appear insignificant on the ocean.” But I have entire faith in your doing whatever is right in the case so shall rest satisfied.
		Fessenden was reelected to the Senate in January 1865 and he resigned from the cabinet in March.
	lcweb2.loc.gov /mss/mal/maltext/mal087.sgm (16550 words)

	The Perpetual Non-Candidate Robert Todd Lincoln (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		In 1868, he married Mary Harlan, daughter of Iowa Senator James Harlan.
		In 1882, after Illinois Senator David Davis announced he would not seek another term, speculation began immediately in the state as to who would replace him.
		Arthur's strongest opponent, and the eventual Republican nominee, was former speaker of the House, U.S. senator and secretary of state, James G. Blaine.
	www.thehistorynet.com /ah/blrobertlincoln (1257 words)

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