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John Marshall Harlan
Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States · 1954–1955
John Marshall Harlan , Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States. The Senate voted 71–11 on the nomination on Mar 16, 1955 (). John Marshall Harlan (May 20, 1899 – December 29, 1971) was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1955 to 1971. Harlan is usually called John Marshall Harlan II to distinguish him from his grandfather, John Marshall Harlan, who served on the U.S. Supreme Court from 1877 to 1911.
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84th Congress · 71–11 · Mar 16, 1955
Education
- University of Oxford, Balliol College, Rhodes Scholar
- Princeton UniversityA.B., 1920
- New York Law SchoolLL.B., 1924
Career
Private practice, New York City, 1924-1925, 1927, 1931-1943, 1945-1954; Assistant U.S. attorney, Southern District of New York, 1925-1926; Special assistant to the attorney general, State of New York, 1928-1930; U.S. Army, chief of Operations Analysis Section, Air Corps, 1943-1945; Chief counsel, New York State Crime Commission, 1951-1953
Biography
John Marshall Harlan (May 20, 1899 – December 29, 1971) was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1955 to 1971. Harlan is usually called John Marshall Harlan II to distinguish him from his grandfather, John Marshall Harlan, who served on the U.S. Supreme Court from 1877 to 1911.
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