Andrew Jackson Harlan^[1]

1815 - 1907  (92 years)

• Name	Andrew Jackson Harlan
  Born	29 Mar 1815	Wilmington, Clinton County, Ohio, United States   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Buried	May 1907	Savannah, Andrew County, Missouri, United States   [1]
  	Address: Savannah Cemetery
  Died	19 May 1907	Savannah, Andrew County, Missouri, United States   [1]
  History / Bio	1950  [2]
  	Biographical Directory of the American Congress (Washington D. C.: United States Government Printing Office, 1950)., p1268
  	HARLAN, Andrew Jackson (cousin of Aaron Harlan), a Representative from Indiana; born near Wilmington, Clinton County, Ohio, March 29, 1815; attended the public schools; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1839 and commenced practice in Richmond, Ind.; moved to Marion, Ind., in 1839; clerk of the State house of representatives in 1842 and a member 1846-1848; presidential elector on the Democratic ticket of Case and Butler in 1848; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-first Congress (March 4, 1849-March 3, 1851); elected to the Thirty-third Congress (March 4, 1853-March 3, 1855); in a Democratic congressional convention at Marion, Ind., in 1854 he was publicly read out of the Democratic Party for voting against the repeal of the Missouri Compromise; declined the nomination from the People's Party in 1854 for the Thirty-fourth Congress; afterward allied himself with the Republican Party; moved to Dakota Territory in 1861; member of the Territorial house of representatives in 1861 and served as speaker; driven from the Territory by the Indians in September 1862 and settled in Savannah, Mo., where he resumed the practice of law; member of the State house of representatives 1864-1868, serving as speaker the last two years; moved to Wakeeney, Kans., in 1885 and practiced law; appointed by President Harrison as postmaster of Wakeeney and served from 1890 to 1894; removed to Savannah, Andrew County, Mo., in 1894; retired from practice of law; died in Savannah, Mo., May 19, 1907; interment in Savannah Cemetery. [Source: "Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949; Biographies", p.1268. Reproduced by Ancestry Incorporated, Orem, Utah as Ancestry Reference Library, 1998 edition, a collection of genealogical reference works reproduced on CD]
  Person ID	I8072	TangledRoots
  Last Modified	22 Oct 2021

  
  

  Father	Jonathan Harlan,   b. 7 Sep 1777, Guilford County, North Carolina, United States ,   d. 26 Apr 1850, Clinton County, Ohio, United States  (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Hannah Morrison,   b. 14 Sep 1788, North Carolina, United States ,   d. 11 Dec 1863, Clinton County, Ohio, United States  (Age 75 years)
  Married	1 Sep 1808	Warren County, Ohio, United States
  Family ID	F3240	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 29 Mar 1815 - Wilmington, Clinton County, Ohio, United States Buried - Address: Savannah Cemetery - May 1907 - Savannah, Andrew County, Missouri, United States Died - 19 May 1907 - Savannah, Andrew County, Missouri, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  HARLAN, Andrew Jackson, representative, was born in Clinton county, Ohio, March 29, l815; son of Jonathan and Hannah (Morrison), and grandson of Enoch and Edith (Carter) Harlan. He taught school at Evansville, Ind., 1836-38, when he removed to Marion, Ind., and was admitted to the bar in 1839. He was clerk of the house of representatives of the state, 1842-43; represented Grant county in the state legislature, 1846, 1847 and 1848; was a Cass and butler elector in 1848, and a representative in the 31st and 33d congresses, 1849-51 and 1853-55. In congress he opposed the Missouri compromise and was censured by his party when he joined the Republicans. In 1861 he settled in Dakota Territory and was a member, and speaker of the house of delegates, 1862-63. He removed to Savannah, Mo., in February, 1863; was a member of the state legislature, 1864-68, and speaker, 1866-68. He was a delegate to the Republican national conventions of 1864, 1868, and 1876, and a candidate for lieutenant-governor of Missouri in 1870. He removed to Wakeeney, Kansas, in 1885; was postmaster, 1889-94, and returned to Savannah, Mo., in 1894. [Source: "The 20th Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans", Vol.5, p.87. Reproduced by Ancestry Incorporated, Orem, Utah as Ancestry Reference Library, 1998 edition, a collection of genealogical reference works reproduced on CD]

  
  

• Sources

  [S930] Book: Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949, pg. 1268. Biographical Directory of the American Congress, p1268 Aaron Harlan Andrew Jackson Harlan [S930] Book: Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949, p1268. page 1268 Aaron Harlan, a Representative from Ohio Andrew Jackson Harlan, a Represnetative from Indiana Byron Berry Harlan, a Representative from Ohio James Harlan, a Representative from Kentucky James Harlan, a Senator from Iowa Biographical Directory of the American Congress, p1268 Aaron Harlan Andrew Jackson Harlan