Background
Harlan, Aaron was born on September 8, 1802 in Warren County, Ohio, United States.
United States representative lawyer politician member of the Ohio House of Representatives
Harlan, Aaron was born on September 8, 1802 in Warren County, Ohio, United States.
Harlan attended a public school, and later attended a law school.
He was admitted to the bar and began practice in Xenia, Ohio, in 1825. He moved to a farm near Yellow Springs, Ohio in 1841 and continued the practice of law. He was a Presidential elector in 1844 for Clay/Frelinghuysen.
He served as delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1850. Harlan was elected as a Whig to the Thirty-third Congress, reelected as an Opposition Party candidate to the Thirty-fourth Congress, and elected as a Republican to the Thirty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1853 – March 4, 1859). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1858 to the Thirty-sixth Congress and in 1861 to fill a vacancy in the Thirty-seventh Congress.
He resumed the practice of law and engaged in agricultural pursuits near Yellow Springs. He served as lieutenant colonel of the Ninety-fourth Regiment of Minutemen of Ohio in 1862. Harlan moved to San Francisco, California, in 1864 and resided there until his death on January 8, 1868.
He served as member of the Ohio House of Representatives in 1832 and 1833, and he served in the Ohio Senate in 1838, 1839, and 1849 from the Clinton, Greene &. Warren Counties district. He served as member of the board of trustees of Antioch College in 1852.