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 Marshall Harlan II (1899-1971) was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He was nominated to the court by President President Eisenhower in 1955. Harlan assumed senior status on September 23, 1971 and his service ended with his death on December 29, 1971. Prior to serving on the high court, Harlan was a judge for the United 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 during The Warren Court and The 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 his LL.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 President Dwight D. Eisenhower on January 10, 1955, to a seat vacated by Justice Robert H. 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 Justice William 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 the Senate Judiciary Committee.[4]
Second Circuit
Harlan was nominated by President Dwight D. Eisenhower to the United States Court of Appeals for the 2nd 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 the next day. Harlan ended his service on March 17, 1955, with his appointment to the Supreme Court.[1] He was succeeded to this post by Joseph Lumbard.
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| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Augustus Noble Hand |
Second Circuit 1954–1955 Seat #2 |
Succeeded by: Joseph Lumbard |
| Preceded by: Robert H. Jackson |
Supreme Court 1955–1971 |
Succeeded by: William Rehnquist
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| 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 • 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 • | ||
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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 | ||
