This page is about the former Supreme Court justice andSecond 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 seeJohn Harlan I.

John Harlan II

Nonpartisan

Prior offices:

Supreme Court of the United States

Years in office: 1971 - 1971

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Years in office: 1955 - 1971

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United States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit

Years in office: 1954 - 1955

Education

Bachelor's

Princeton, 1920

Law

New York Law, 1924

Personal

Birthplace

Chicago, IL

John Marshall Harlan II (1899-1971) was an Associate Justice of theSupreme Court of the United States. He was nominated to the court by PresidentPresident Eisenhower in 1955. Harlan assumedsenior status onSeptember 23, 1971 and his service ended with his death onDecember 29, 1971. Prior to serving on the high court, Harlan was a judge for theUnited States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit.^[1]

Harlan was one of five justices nominated to the Supreme Court by President Eisenhower. He served duringThe Warren Court andThe Burger Court.^[2]

Family

Harlan's grandfather,John Harlan I, also served on the Supreme Court. He was nominated by President Hayes and served from 1877 to 1911.^[3]

Early life and education

Harlan received his undergraduate degree from Princeton University in 1920 and hisLL.B. from New York Law School in 1924.^[1]

Military service

Harlan served in the United States Army Air Corps as a Chief of Operations Analysis Section from 1943 to 1945.^[1]

Professional career

• 1951-1953: Chief counsel, New York State Crime Commission
• 1945-1954: Attorney in private practice, New York City
• 1943-1945: Chief of Operations Analysis Section, U.S. Army Air Corps
• 1931-1943: Attorney in private practice, New York City
• 1928-1930: Special assistant to the state attorney general, New York
• 1927: Attorney in private practice, New York City
• 1925-1926: Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York
• 1924-1925: Attorney in private practice, New York City^[1]

Federal judicial career

Supreme Court

Harlan was nominated to the Supreme Court by PresidentDwight D. Eisenhower on January 10, 1955, to a seat vacated by JusticeRobert H. Jackson. He was confirmed by the Senate on March 16, 1955, and received his commission onMarch 17, 1955. Harlan assumedsenior status onSeptember 23, 1971. His service ended with is death onDecember 29, 1971. He was succeeded to this post by JusticeWilliam Rehnquist.^[1]

Harlan was the fourth Supreme Court nominee to testify at a confirmation hearing, but all nominees following his 1955 hearing appeared at their own hearings in theSenate Judiciary Committee.^[4]

Second Circuit

Harlan was nominated by PresidentDwight D. Eisenhower to theUnited States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit on January 13, 1954, to a seat vacated byAugustus Noble Hand. He was confirmed by the Senate on February 9, 1954, and received his commission the next day. Harlan ended his service onMarch 17, 1955, with his appointment to the Supreme Court.^[1] He was succeeded to this post byJoseph Lumbard.

See also

• History of the Supreme Court

External links

• Princeton, "Biography and Family History of John Harlan"

Footnotes

v • e Justices of theSupreme Court of the United States
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Former associate justices	O'Connor •Baldwin •Barbour •Black •Blackmun •Blair •Blatchford •Bradley •Brandeis •Brennan •Brewer •Brown •Burton •Butler •Byrnes •Campbell •Cardozo •Catron •Chase •Clark •Clarke •Clifford •Curtis •Cushing •Daniel •Davis •Day •Douglas •Duvall •Field •Fortas •Frankfurter •Ginsburg •Goldberg •Gray •Grier •Harlan I •Harlan II •Holmes •Hunt •Iredell •H. Jackson •R. Jackson •T. Johnson •W. Johnson, Jr. •J. Lamar •L. Lamar •Livingston •Lurton •Marshall •Matthews •McKenna •McKinley •McLean •McReynolds •Miller •Minton •Moody •Moore •Murphy •Nelson •Paterson •Peckham •Pitney •Powell •Reed •Roberts •W. Rutledge •Sanford •Scalia •Shiras •Stevens •Stewart •Story •Strong •Sutherland •Swayne •Thompson •Todd •Trimble •Van Devanter •Washington •Wayne •B. White •Whittaker •Wilson •Woodbury •Woods

v • e Federal judges who have served theU.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Active judges	Chief Judge: Debra Livingston  •  Joseph Bianco  •  Richard Sullivan (New York)  •  Maria Araujo Kahn  •  Raymond Lohier  •  Alison J. Nathan  •  Beth Robinson  •  Sarah A.L. Merriam  •  Michael Park  •  Steven Menashi  •  William Nardini  •  Eunice Lee  •  Myrna Pérez
Senior judges	Denny Chin  •  Gerard Lynch  •  Pierre Leval  •  Dennis Jacobs  •  Jon Newman  •  Amalya Kearse  •  John Walker (New York)  •  Chester Straub  •  Guido Calabresi  •  Jose Cabranes  •  Robert Sack  •  Barrington Parker  •  Reena Raggi  •  Richard Wesley  •  Susan L. Carney (Second Circuit)  •
Former judges	Christopher Droney  •  Julian William Mack  •  Frank Altimari  •  Samuel Blatchford  •  Alexander Smith Johnson  •  Nathaniel Shipman  •  William James Wallace  •  Lewis Bartholomew Woodruff  •  Sonia Sotomayor  •  Wilfred Feinberg  •  Ralph Winter  •  Roger Miner  •  Rosemary Pooler  •  Robert Katzmann  •  Peter Hall (Federal judge)  •  John Mahoney (Second Circuit)  •  George Pratt  •  Richard Cardamone  •  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 (United States District Court for the District of Connecticut judge)  •  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 (New York)  •  Robert Katzmann  •  Thomas Meskill  •  James Oakes  •  Learned Hand  •  Harrie Brigham Chase  •  Thomas Walter Swan  •  Charles Edward Clark  •  Irving Kaufman  •  Henry Friendly  •  Joseph Lumbard  •

v • e Federal judges nominated byDwight Eisenhower
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