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James Harlan, Jr. (Franklin County/Mercer County Attorney/Politician)

b. 1831-10-03 d. 1907-06-15

Mercer County, Kentucky, attorney and politician. Kentucky native. Son of James Harlan, Sr., and Eliza Harlan. Married to Amelia Harlan. Father of Henry Harlan. Attorney in Mercer County in 1860. In law practice with James Harlan, Sr. and John Marshall Harlan in Frankfort, Kentucky, from 1853 to September 1863. Partner in law practice with John Marshall Harlan in Frankfort from September 1863 to 1867. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Franklin County, Kentucky, from 1865 to 1866.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 2, p. 107.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Mercer County, Harrodsburg, p. 28.

“The John Marshall Harlan Collection,” Louis D. Brandeis School of Law Library, University of Louisville, accessed February 9, 2017, https://louisville.edu/law/library/special-collections/the-john-marshall-harlan-collection.

"Members of the House of Representatives," The Courier-Journal (Louisville, Ky.), September 22, 1866, p. 1.

“Ruined by Drink: A Brother of Justice Harlan Accidentally Killed by a Train,” The Evening Bulletin (Maysville, Ky.), June 16, 1897, p. 1.

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Harlan, James, Jr.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32201817 (November 12, 2026).

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