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==Biography==
==Biography==
===Early life and education===
===Early life and education===
Harlan was born in Boyle County, Kentucky in 1833.<ref name="ANB">[John Marshall Harlan http://www.anb.org/articles/11/11-00385.html]. ''American National Biography Online''. Retrieved August 27, 2016.</ref> Harlan was the son of James Harlan, a prominent lawyer and politician who served in a variety of positions<ref>[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000210 HARLAN, James, (1800 - 1863)]. ''Biographical Directory of the United States Congress''. Retrieved August 27, 2016.</ref> including Congress, Attorney General of Kentucky, and Secretary of State of Kentucky.<ref name="ANB"/> A strong supporter of the [[Whig Party]] and a close friend of [[Henry Clay]], James Harlan named his son after John Marshall, the "Whig party's patron saint [and] the Supreme Court's 'great chief justice'".<ref name="ANB"/>
Harlan was born in Boyle County, Kentucky in 1833.<ref name="ANB">[http://www.anb.org/articles/11/11-00385.html John Marshall Harlan]. ''American National Biography Online''. Retrieved August 27, 2016.</ref> Harlan was the son of James Harlan, a prominent lawyer and politician who served in a variety of positions<ref>[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000210 HARLAN, James, (1800 - 1863)]. ''Biographical Directory of the United States Congress''. Retrieved August 27, 2016.</ref> including Congress, Attorney General of Kentucky, and Secretary of State of Kentucky.<ref name="ANB"/> A strong supporter of the [[Whig Party]] and a close friend of [[Henry Clay]], James Harlan named his son after John Marshall, the "Whig party's patron saint [and] the Supreme Court's 'great chief justice'".<ref name="ANB"/>
John Harlan graduated from Centre College in Danville, Kentucky, in 1850 at the age of 17, and studied law for two years at Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky.<ref name="ANB"/> After that, he finished his legal education in his father's law office, something that was common at the time.<ref name="ANB"/>
John Harlan graduated from Centre College in Danville, Kentucky, in 1850 at the age of 17, and studied law for two years at Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky.<ref name="ANB"/> After that, he finished his legal education in his father's law office, something that was common at the time.<ref name="ANB"/>