James Harlan (Iowa politician)

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Early life

Harlan was born on August 26, 1820, in Clark County, Illinois, and raised in Indiana. He was the son of Silas Harlan (1792–1868) and Mary (née Connolly) Harlan (1796–1896).<ref name="Brigham1918">Template:Cite book</ref>

As a boy, Harlan attended local schools before graduating from Indiana Asbury University (now DePauw University) in 1845.<ref name="JHbioguide"/>

Career

In 1845, he moved to Iowa City, Iowa, where he served as Superintendent of Schools. He also studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1850.<ref name="JHbioguide"/> He joined the Whig Party and became active in politics. In 1850, Harlan declined the Whig nomination for Governor of Iowa. From 1853 to 1855, Harlan was president of Iowa Wesleyan College in Mount Pleasant, Iowa.<ref name="JHbioguide"/>

First Senate tenure

In 1855, Harlan was elected by the Iowa legislature to the United States Senate as a Free Soil Party candidate. In 1857, the U.S. Senate declared the seat vacant because of irregularities in that legislative election. He was re-elected by the legislature and seated as a Republican, serving until 1865. In 1861, Harlan was a Delegate to the Peace Conference that tried to arrange a compromise to prevent the American Civil War.<ref name="JHbioguide"/>

Secretary of the Interior

Harlan was a close friend of President Abraham Lincoln and his family. In 1865, after Lincoln's assassination, he resigned from the Senate when he was appointed as Secretary of the Interior under President Andrew Johnson, an appointment he held until 1866. As secretary he announced that he intended to "clean house" and fired "a considerable number of incumbents who were seldom at their respective desks".<ref name=Loving291>Loving, Jerome. Walt Whitman: The Song of Himself. University of California Press, 1999. Template:ISBN. p. 291.</ref> He had done so after requesting, in late May 1865, a report listing all employees who (1.) uttered disloyal statements since the bombardment of Fort Sumter, (2.) all those not known to entertain loyal sentiments or who had associated with those known to be disloyal, (3.) those who were inefficient or not necessary to transact public business, (4.) all such persons "as disregard in their conduct, habits, and associations, the rules of decorum, [and] propriety proscribed by a christian civilization."<ref>National Archives, RG48, Entry 14, James Harlan to Bureau Chief, May 29, 1865</ref>

Among this group was the poet Walt Whitman, then working as a clerk in the department, who received his dismissal note on June 30, 1865.<ref>Reynolds, David S. Walt Whitman's America: A Cultural Biography. New York: Vintage Books, 1995. Template:ISBN. p. 455</ref> Harlan had found a copy of Leaves of Grass on Whitman's desk as the poet was making revisions and found it to be morally offensive. "I will not have the author of that book in this Department", he said. "If the President of the United States should order his reinstatement, I would resign sooner than I would put him back."<ref>Kaplan, Justin. Walt Whitman: A Life. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1979. Template:ISBN. p. 304.</ref> Twenty-nine years later, Harlan defended his firing of Whitman, saying that the clerk was dismissed solely "on the grounds that his services were not needed".<ref name=Loving291/><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Harlan was a member of the Southern Treaty Commission that renegotiated treaties with Indian Tribes that had sided with the Confederacy, such as the Cherokee and Choctaw. As part of the new treaties, they had to emancipate their slaves, as was being done by amendment within the United States, and offer them full citizenship in the tribes if they chose to stay in Indian Territory. If they left, the freedmen would become United States citizens. (Membership issues related to the Cherokee Freedmen and Choctaw Freedmen have become significant since the late 20th century.) Harlan resigned from the post in 1866 when he no longer supported the policies of President Johnson.<ref name="Brigham1918"/>

Second Senate tenure

In 1867, he was elected again by the Iowa legislature to the United States Senate and served until the end of his term in January 1873. During his senate service, Harlan was chairman of the committees of Public Lands; District of Columbia; Education; and Indian Affairs.<ref name="JHbioguide"/>

Later career

Harlan was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1872, and was also an unsuccessful candidate for governor in 1895.<ref name="JHbioguide"/> After his Senate career ended, Harlan turned a previous house of his into the Harlan House Hotel.<ref name="Brigham1918"/>

From 1882 to 1886, Harlan was appointed by President Chester A. Arthur as presiding judge for the Court of Commissioners, which heard cases related to the Alabama claims.<ref name="JHbioguide">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Personal life

On November 5, 1845, Harlan was married to Ann Eliza Peck (1824–1884) by President Matthew Simpson, who later became a bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Ann was the daughter of James Peck and Eunice (née Knight) Peck, both of whom died during Cholera epidemic of 1832. Together, Ann and James were the parents of:<ref name="McMurtry1959">Template:Cite book</ref>

Mary Eunice Harlan (1846–1937),<ref name="MrsLincoln1937">Template:Cite news</ref> who married Lincoln's son Robert Todd Lincoln in 1868. The couple lived during the summers at Harlan's home in Mount Pleasant.<ref name="LincolnObit1926">Template:Cite news</ref>
Silas James Harlan (1850–1850), who died in infancy.<ref name="McMurtry1959"/>
William Aaron Harlan (1852–1876), who was a close friend of Tad Lincoln.<ref name="lincolncollection">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Julia Josephine Harlan (1856–1862), who died young.<ref name="McMurtry1959"/>

Harlan died on October 5, 1899, at his hotel in Mount Pleasant, which become his residence in the early 1890s.<ref name=Wilde>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Legacy

Harlan's residence, today known as the Harlan-Lincoln House, has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Operated as a house museum, it exhibits memorabilia from both the Harlan and Lincoln families.<ref name=alo>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The Harlan House Hotel is also listed on the National Register of Historic Places.<ref name=Wilde/>

A commemorative sculpture of Harlan resided in the United States Capitol, along with one of pioneer Iowa Governor Samuel Kirkwood (each state may install two statues for display in the Capitol). The Harlan statue was located in the Hall of Columns until it was replaced in 2014 by a statue of Norman Borlaug. The Harlan statue is now on display at Iowa Wesleyan College.<ref>Template:Cite news Template:Dead link</ref>

The city of Harlan, Iowa, in Shelby County was named for him.<ref name="Brigham1918"/>

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James Harlan (Iowa politician)

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