Lawyers and Lawmakers of Kentucky, by H. Levin, editor, 1897. Published
by Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago.  Reprinted by Southern Historical
Press.  p. 120.  Franklin County.

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. In 1829
he was appointed commonwealth's attorney, holding the office four years.
In 1835 he was elected to the lower house of congress, was re-elected in
1837 and during the latter session was chairman of the committee for
investigating defalcations.  From 1840 until 1844 he served as secretary
of the state of Kentucky under Governor Letcher, and in 1845 was elected
to represent his district in the state legislature, while in 1850 he was
elected attorney-general of Kentucky and again in 1855, holding office
until 1859; and was United States district attorney for Kentucky from
1861 to the date of his death.  He was a lawyer of great ability and was
one of the most worthy and successful members of his profession in the
state.  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.

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