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| | |name=John Marshall Harlan | | |name=John Marshall Harlan |
| | |image=JohnMarshallHarlan.jpg | | |image=JohnMarshallHarlan.jpg |
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| | + | [[Know Nothing]] (1854–1858) |
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| | + | [[Opposition]] (1858–1860) |
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| | + | [[Constitutional Union]] (1860) |
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| | + | [[Unionist]] (1861–1867) |
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| | + | [[Republican]] (1868–1911) |
| | |spouse=Malvina French "Mallie" Shanklin | | |spouse=Malvina French "Mallie" Shanklin |
| | |religion=[[Presbyterian]] | | |religion=[[Presbyterian]] |
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| | A fundamentalist [[Christian]], Harlan was reportedly outraged by the conduct of racist groups including the [[Ku Klux Klan]] in the late 1800s.<ref>https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/plessy-v-ferguson</ref> Harlan wrote in dissent from ''Plessy v. Ferguson'' that:<ref>Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 U.S. 537, 562, 16 S. Ct. 1138, 1147 (1896)</ref> | | A fundamentalist [[Christian]], Harlan was reportedly outraged by the conduct of racist groups including the [[Ku Klux Klan]] in the late 1800s.<ref>https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/plessy-v-ferguson</ref> Harlan wrote in dissent from ''Plessy v. Ferguson'' that:<ref>Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 U.S. 537, 562, 16 S. Ct. 1138, 1147 (1896)</ref> |
| | {{cquote|The arbitrary separation of citizens, on the basis of race, while they are on a public highway, is a badge of servitude wholly inconsistent with the civil freedom and the equality before the law established by the Constitution. It cannot be justified upon any legal grounds.}} | | {{cquote|The arbitrary separation of citizens, on the basis of race, while they are on a public highway, is a badge of servitude wholly inconsistent with the civil freedom and the equality before the law established by the Constitution. It cannot be justified upon any legal grounds.}} |
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| | ==Biography== | | ==Biography== |
| | ===Early life and education=== | | ===Early life and education=== |