Quick Facts

• NAME: John Marshall Harlan
• OCCUPATION: Civil Rights Activist, Supreme Court Justice
• BIRTH DATE: June 01, 1833
• DEATH DATE: October 14, 1911
• PLACE OF BIRTH: Boyle Country, Kentucky
• PLACE OF DEATH: Washington, D.C.
• Full Name: James Marshall Harlan

Best Known For

John Harlan was associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1877 until his death and one of the most forceful dissenters in the history of that tribunal.