![]() ![]() ![]() While on the Court, Harlan was appointed by President Benjamin Harrison in 1892 to represent the United States in the arbitration with Great Britain over fishing rights in the Bering Sea. The Senate confirmed the appointment on November 29, 1877. Hayes nominated Harlan to the Supreme Court of the United States on October 16, 1877. He was the Republican candidate for Governor of Kentucky in 1875. In 1863, Harlan resigned his commission and was elected Attorney general of Kentucky, serving for four years. During the Civil War, Harlan joined the Union Army and served as an officer. He ran for the United States House of Representatives in 1859 but was narrowly defeated. In 1858, Harlan served for one year as Franklin County Judge. In 1853, he was admitted to the bar and began to practice law. Harlan studied law at Transylvania University for two years and read law in his father’s law office. He was graduated from Centre College in 1850 at the age of seventeen. JOHN MARSHALL HARLAN was born in Boyle County, Kentucky, on June 1, 1833. ![]()
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