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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—GeorgiaHarlan Erwin MITCHELL
(1924- )
MITCHELL, Harlan Erwin, a
Representative from Georgia; born in Dalton, Whitfield County, Ga.,
August 17, 1924; attended the public schools in Dalton, Ga., and
The Citadel, Charleston, S.C.; served as a first lieutenant in the
United States Army Air Corps 1943-1946 and again in the United
States Air Force in 1951 and 1952; graduated from the University of
Georgia in 1948; was admitted to the bar April 17, 1948, and
commenced the practice of law in Dalton, Ga.; solicitor general,
Cherokee Judicial Circuit, from January 1, 1953, to December 31,
1956; judge, Superior Court, Cherokee Judicial Circuit, from
January 1, 1957, to January 8, 1958; elected as a Democrat to the
Eighty-fifth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of
Henderson L. Lanham; reelected to the Eighty-sixth Congress and
served from January 8, 1958, to January 3, 1961; was not a
candidate for renomination in 1960; elected State senator,
1960-1961; did not seek reelection; resumed the practice of law; is
a resident of Dalton, Ga.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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