John Harlan II
This page is about the former Supreme Court justice and Second Circuit judge who served the Supreme Court from 1955-1971. If you are looking for information on his grandfather, the former Supreme Court justice who served from 1877-1911, please see John Harlan I.
| John Harlan II | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| Supreme Court of the United States | |
| Title: | Former Judge |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | Dwight Eisenhower |
| Active: | 3/27/1955 - 9/23/1971 |
| Senior: | 9/23/1971 - 12/29/1971 |
| Preceded by: | Robert Jackson |
| Succeeded by: | William Rehnquist |
| Past post: | Second Circuit |
| Past term: | 2/10/1954 - 3/27/1955 |
| Past position: | Seat #2 |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | May 20, 1899 |
| Home State: | Chicago, IL |
| Deceased: | December 29, 1971 |
| Bachelors: | Princeton, A.B., 1920 |
| Law School: | New York Law, LL.B., 1924 |
| Military service: | U.S. Army, 1943-1945 |
Contents |
Early life and education
- Princeton University, A.B., 1920
- New York Law School, LL.B., 1924 [1]
Military service
Harlan served in the U.S. Army Air Corps as a Chief of Operations Analysis Section from 1943-1945.[1]
Professional career
- Private practice, New York City, 1924-1925
- Assistant U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1925-1926
- Private practice, New York City, 1927
- Special assistant to the state attorney general, New York, 1928-1930
- Private practice, New York City, 1931-1943
- Private practice, New York City, 1945-1954
- Chief counsel, New York State Crime Commission, 1951-1953 [1]
Federal judicial career
Supreme Court
Justice Harlan was nominated to the Supreme Court by Dwight D. Eisenhower on January 10, 1955 to a seat vacated by Robert Jackson. He was confirmed by the Senate on March 16, 1955, and received his commission on March 17, 1955. Harlan assumed senior status on September 23, 1971. His service ended with is death on December 29, 1971. He was succeeded to this post by William Rehnquist.[1]
Second Circuit
Harlan was nominated by Dwight D. Eisenhower to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on January 13, 1954 to a seat vacated by Augustus Noble Hand . He was confirmed by the Senate on February 9, 1954, and received his commission on February 10, 1954. He ended his service on March 17, 1955, with his appointment to the Supreme Court. [1] He was succeeded to this post by Joseph Lumbard.
See also
External links
- Biography and Family History of John Harlan
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Justice Harlan's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Augustus Noble Hand |
Second Circuit 1954–1955 Seat #2 |
Succeeded by: Joseph Lumbard |
| Preceded by: Robert Jackson |
Supreme Court 1955–1971 |
Succeeded by: William Rehnquist |
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: Dennis Jacobs • Christopher Droney • Denny Chin • Gerard Lynch • Jose Cabranes • Rosemary Pooler • Robert Katzmann • Reena Raggi • Richard Wesley • Peter Hall • Debra Livingston • Raymond Lohier • Susan L. Carney | ||
| Senior judges |
Pierre Leval • Wilfred Feinberg • Jon Newman • Amalya Kearse • Ralph Winter • John Walker • Joseph McLaughlin • Chester Straub • Guido Calabresi • Robert Sack • Barrington Parker • Richard Cardamone • | ||
| Former judges | Julian William Mack • Frank Altimari • Samuel Blatchford • Alexander Smith Johnson • Nathaniel Shipman • William James Wallace • Lewis Bartholomew Woodruff • Sonia Sotomayor • Roger Miner • John Mahoney • George Pratt • Lawrence Pierce • Thomas Meskill • William Mulligan • James Oakes • William Timbers • Fred Parker • Alfred Conkling Coxe • Emile Henry Lacombe • William Kneeland Townsend • Charles Merrill Hough • Walter Chadwick Noyes • Henry Galbraith Ward • John Harlan II • Learned Hand • Martin Augustine Knapp • Julius Marshuetz Mayer • Augustus Noble Hand • Martin Thomas Manton • Henry Wade Rogers • Harrie Brigham Chase • Thomas Walter Swan • Carroll Hincks • Charles Edward Clark • John Joseph Smith • Robert Palmer Anderson • Robert Porter Patterson, Sr. • Murray Gurfein • Irving Kaufman • Walter Mansfield • Harold Medina • Thurgood Marshall • Jerome Frank • Henry Friendly • Paul Hays • Joseph Lumbard • Leonard Moore • Ellsworth Van Graafeiland • Sterry Waterman • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
Wilfred Feinberg • Jon Newman • Ralph Winter • John Walker • Thomas Meskill • James Oakes • Learned Hand • Harrie Brigham Chase • Thomas Walter Swan • Charles Edward Clark • Irving Kaufman • Henry Friendly • Joseph Lumbard • | ||
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| 1953 |
Boldt • Bruchhausen • Cecil • Dawkins, Jr. • Grooms • Hamlin • Hoffman • Knoch • Schnackenberg • Warren • Willson | ||
| 1954 |
Aldrich • Anderson • Bastian • Bicks • Bootle • Boreman • Breitenstein • Brooks • Cecil • Chambers • Choate • Christensen • Connell • Danaher • Dawson • Day • Fee • Freeman • Halbert • Harlan • Hincks • Hoffman • Holder • Hunter • Ingraham • Laramore • Kent • Lemmon • Lord • McGarraghy • Mickelson • Miller • Palmieri • Parkinson • Rogers • Ross • Stewart • Taylor • Thomsen • Tuttle • Van Oosterhout • Vogel • Walsh • Whittaker • Wilson | ||
| 1955 |
Alger • Brown • Cameron • Clarke • Davies • Devitt • East • Estes • Grubb • Harlan • Jertberg • Jones • Lumbard • McIlvaine • Miller • Register • Sorg • Van Dusen • Waterman • Watkins • Wortendyke • Wright | ||
| 1956 |
Barnes • Bryan • Burger • Cashin • Hamley • Herlands • Johnson • Juergens • Kerr • Kraft • Levet • Lewis • Lieb • Mercer • Morgan • Rich • Rizley • Robinson • Smith • Sobeloff • Weick • Whittaker | ||
| 1957 |
Arraj • Breitenstein • Brennan • Egan • Gignoux • Grant • Hastings • Haynsworth • Hicklin • Jameson • Layton • Moore • O'Sullivan • Parkinson • Richardson • Sirica • Stanley • Thompson • Van Pelt • Weber • Whittaker • Wisdom • Zavatt | ||
| 1958 |
Beck • Burke • Carswell • Clayton • Hamlin • Henley • Jertberg • Knoch • Martin • Matthes • Miner • Morrill • Poos • Robson • Stanley • Steel • Stewart • Wollenberg | ||
| 1959 |
Aldrich • Bartels • Blackmun • Boreman • Butler • Castle • Cecil • Crocker • Dalton • Field • Fisher • Forman • Friendly • Hart • Henderson • Henley • Julian • Kalbfleisch • Kilkenny • Koelsch • Kunzel • MacMahon • Merrill • Metzner • Powell • Smith • Sweigert • Walsh • Weick • Weinman • Wood • Worley • Young | ||
| 1960 |
Caffrey • Chilson • Durfee • Hodge • Kaess • Lane • Lewis • Mishler • O'Sullivan • Paul • Smith • Stephenson • Tavares • Timbers | ||
