James Harlan | |
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United States Senator from Iowa | |
In office March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1873 | |
Preceded by | Samuel J. Kirkwood |
Succeeded by | William B. Allison |
In office January 29, 1857 – May 15, 1865 | |
Preceded by | Vacant |
Succeeded by | Samuel J. Kirkwood |
In office March 4, 1855 – January 5, 1857 | |
Preceded by | Augustus C. Dodge |
Succeeded by | Vacant |
8th United States Secretary of the Interior | |
In office May 16, 1865 – August 31, 1866 | |
President | Andrew Johnson |
Preceded by | John Usher |
Succeeded by | Orville Browning |
Personal details | |
Born | Clark County, Illinois, U.S. | August 26, 1820
Died | October 5, 1899 Mount Pleasant, Iowa, U.S. | (aged 79)
Political party | Whig (Before 1855) Free Soil (1855–1857) Republican (1857–1899) |
Spouse |
Ann Eliza Peck
(m. 1845; died 1884) |
Children | 4, including Mary |
Education | DePauw University (BA) |
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James Harlan (August 26, 1820 – October 5, 1899) was an attorney and politician, a member of the United States Senate, a U.S. Cabinet Secretary at the United States Department of Interior under President Andrew Johnson, and a Federal Judge.