Honorable Jas Harlan. Mathew Brady photograph of American Civil War period.
Summary
Title from unverified information on negative sleeve.
M.C. Iowa. Presented credentials as a Whig Senator elect to U.S. Senate and took seat Dec. 31, 1855, owing to irregularities in the legislative proceedings the Senate declared the seat vacant Jan. 12, 1857. Re-elected in 1857 to fill vacancy thus created.
Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
Purchase; Alice H. Cox and Mary H. Evans; 1954.
General information about the Brady-Handy photograph collection is available at loc.gov
Forms part of: Brady-Handy photograph collection (Library of Congress).
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Date
1855 - 1865
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
No known restrictions on publication. For information, see "Brady-Handy photograph collection," http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/389_bhan.html