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Harlan, John Marshall

soldier, lawyer, jurist, was born June 1, 1833, in Boyle county, Ky. He received his education at the Center college, Ky., and at the Transylvania university. He practiced law in Frankfort, in connection with his father, the late Hon. James Harlan, and served as county judge of Franklin county, Ky.

During the civil war he served in the union army with distinction as colonel of the tenth Kentucky volunteer infantry. He has filled the office of adjutant-general of Kentucky; and was attorney general during 1863-67. In 1871 and in 1875 he was the republican candidate for governor of Kentucky; and in the latter year his name was presented by the republican convention of his state for the vice-presidency. In 1877 he was a member of the Louisiana commission; and since that year has filled the high office of associate justice of the supreme court of the United States.