Art & History

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Iowa

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James Harlan 1820–1899


Iowa
James Harlan 1820–1899

Harlan, a powerful U.S. Senator, crafted programs to benefit the Midwest: railroads, homesteading, and land grants. He served as Interior Secretary after the Civil War but resigned to protest the federal government’s reluctance to protect free blacks in the South.

Sculptor: Nellie Walker
(James Harlan, 1909), Bronze
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